Sparsetooth dogfish
Species of shark
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The sparsetooth dogfish (Scymnodalatias oligodon) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, the holotype of which was taken in the subtropical southeast Pacific at a depth of up to 200 m. Its biology is unknown.
| Sparsetooth 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. oligodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Scymnodalatias oligodon Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988 | |
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| Range of the sparsetooth dogfish (in blue) | |
