Scymnodon
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Scymnodon | |
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Scymnodon plunketi | |
Scymnodon obscurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Somniosidae |
Genus: | Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 |
Synonyms | |
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Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Scymnodon ichiharai Ka. Yano & S. Tanaka (II), 1984 (Japanese velvet dogfish) [1]
- Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) (largespine velvet dogfish) [1]
- Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) (Plunket's shark) [1]
- Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (knifetooth dogfish)
References
- ^ a b c d e White, W.T., Vaz, D.F.B., Ho, H.-C., Ebert, D.A., Carvalho, M.R.d., Corrigan, S., Rochel, E., Carvalho, M.d., Tanaka, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2014): Redescription of Scymnodon ichiharai Yano and Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera. Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 213-229.
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