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The shark species "Little sleeper shark"

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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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Little sleeper shark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)
Family:
Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae)
Genus:
Somniosus
Names
Scientific:
Somniosus rostratus
English:
Little sleeper shark
German:
Kleiner Schlafhai
French:
Laimargue de la Méditerranée
Spanish:
Tollo boreal
Vulnerability
Category: Least Concern (LC)
Criteria: -
Last evaluated: 2020
Trend: Stable




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