Scymnodon
Genus of sharks
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Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae.
| Scymnodon | |
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| Scymnodon plunketi | |
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| Scymnodon obscurus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 |
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Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Scymnodon ichiharai Ka. Yano & S. Tanaka (II), 1984 (Japanese velvet dogfish) [1]
- Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) (largespine velvet dogfish) [1]
- Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) (Plunket's shark) [1]
- Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (knifetooth dogfish)
