Velvet dogfish
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox Script error: No such module "Portal". The velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus), the only member of the genus Zameus, is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface to 2,000 m.
Description
Its length is up to 84 cm.[1] Although sharks within the family Somniosidae have generally been accepted to be non-luminous, Zameus squamulosus has photophores on its ventral epidermis.[2]
Reproduction
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.[3]
Conservation
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the velvet dogfish as "Data Deficient" with the qualifier "Uncertain whether Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
References
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- ↑ White, W.T., Vaz, D.F.B., Ho, H.-C., Ebert, D.A., Carvalho, M.R.d., Corrigan, S., Rochel, E., Carvalho, M.d., Tanaka, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2014): Redescription of Scymnodon ichiharai Yano and Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera. Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 213–229.
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- Somniosidae
- Fauna of the Southeastern United States
- Fish of the East Atlantic
- Fish of the Dominican Republic
- Fish of Uruguay
- Marine fish of Venezuela
- Marine fish of Eastern Australia
- Marine fish of Western Australia
- Marine fish of New Zealand
- Fish described in 1877
- Taxa named by Albert Günther