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The shark species "Portuguese dogfish"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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Portuguese dogfish

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)
Family:
Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae)
Genus:
Centroscymnus
Names
Scientific:
Centroscymnus coelolepis
English:
Portuguese dogfish
German:
Portugiesenhai
French:
Pailona commun
Spanish:
Pailona
Vulnerability
Category: Near Threatened (NT)
Criteria: A2bd
Last evaluated: 2021
Trend: Decreasing




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