Japanese_velvet_dogfish

Japanese velvet dogfish

Japanese velvet dogfish

Species of shark

Quick Facts Scymnodon ichiharai, Conservation status ...

The Japanese velvet dogfish (Scymnodon ichiharai) is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of Japan at depths of between 500 and 800 metres (1,600 and 2,600 ft).[2] Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

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    Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Scymnodon ichiharai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161363A124472202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161363A124472202.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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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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