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Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)
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Ecological Illustration of Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)
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Somniosidae

Pacific sleeper shark

Somniosus pacificus

Shark of Taiwanese Waters

  • Circumpolar Arctic
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Polar regions
  • Elongated
  • Large

Pacific sleeper shark is known from North Pacific and Arctic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Sharks and Rays
Order
Dogfish Sharks
Family
Somniosidae
Genus
Somniosus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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