Somniosidae

longnose velvet-shark

Centroselachus crepidater

Longnose hunter of fish and squid

• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• Oceania
• South America
• South Asia
• Elongated
• Large

The longnose velvet dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found circumglobally in Southern Hemisphere subtropical seas, at depths of between 230 and 1,500 m. It reaches a length of 130 cm. It has a diet consisting of predominantly mesopelagic fishes and squids.