Sherwood dogfish
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Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Speciesbox Script error: No such module "Portal". The sherwood dogfish or Sherwood's dogfish (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found only around New Zealand.[1] The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.[2]
The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.[2]
Conservation status
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the sherwood dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[3]