Roughskin dogfish
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Centroscymnus |
| Species: | C. owstonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Centroscymnus owstonii (Garman, 1906)
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| Range of the roughskin dogfish (in blue) | |
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Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906 | |
The roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, at depths of between 100 and 1,500 m. It reaches a length of 120 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Centroscymnus owstonii" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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