Azores dogfish

Scymnodalatias garricki

Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean

The Azores dogfish (Scymnodalatias garricki) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae. It is known only from the holotype caught north of the Azores and another caught in 2001. The Azores dogfish lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths of 300-2000m.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Dogfish Sharks
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Scymnodalatias
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Central Atlantic: known only from the holotype taken from one of the seamounts of the North Atlantic Ridge located north of the Azores.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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