Azores dogfish
Species of shark
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The Azores dogfish (Scymnodalatias garricki) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae. It is known only from the holotype caught north of the Azores and another caught in 2001.
| Azores dogfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Scymnodalatias |
| Species: | S. garricki |
| Binomial name | |
| Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988 | |
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| Range of the Azores dogfish (in blue) | |
The Azores dogfish lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths of 300-2000m. Like most sharks, it is ovoviviparous.[2]