Sherwood dogfish

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Sherwood dogfish
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Scymnodalatias
Species:
S. sherwoodi
Binomial name
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi
(Archey, 1921)
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Range of the Sherwood dogfish (in blue)

The sherwood dogfish or Sherwood's dogfish (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found only around New Zealand.[2] The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.[3]

The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.[3]

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.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41856A70709963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41856A70709963.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)". NZOR. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b Carpenter, Kent E.; Bailly, Nicolas. "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921) Sherwood dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 11. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.


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