Southern dogfish
| Southern dogfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Centrophorus |
| Species: | C. zeehaani
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| Binomial name | |
| Centrophorus zeehaani | |
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| Known range of the Southern dogfish (in blue) | |
The southern dogfish (Centrophorus zeehaani) is a species of shark in the family Centrophoridae.[1] It was described in 2008 along with the western gulper shark, and belongs to genus Centrophorus.
References
- ^ White, W.T., D.A. Ebert and L.J.V. Compagno, 2008. Description of two new species of gulper sharks, genus Centrophorus (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22.
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