Velvet dogfish
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| Scymnodon squamulosus (Günther, 1877) |
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 Range of the velvet dogfish (in blue)
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The velvet dogfish, Scymnodon squamulosus, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally between latitudes 64° N and 48° S, from the surface to 2,000 m. Its length is up to 84 cm.
The velvet dogfish is a black in color, with small dorsal fin spines, a moderately long snout, small lanceolate teeth without cusplets in the upper jaw and large high, knife-cusped cutting teeth in the lower jaw. The mouth is moderately wide and nearly transverse, and the caudal fin has a strong subterminal notch and short lower lobe.
Its flesh is utilized dried salted for human consumption and for fishmeal.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
[edit] References
- "Scymnodon squamulosus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
