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The shark species "Sparsetooth dogfish"

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Sparsetooth dogfish

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)
Family:
Dogfish sharks (Squalidae)
Genus:
Scymnodalatias
Names
Scientific:
Scymnodalatias oligodon
English:
Sparsetooth dogfish
German:
Wenigzahn Dornhai
Vulnerability
Category: Least Concern (LC)
Criteria: -
Last evaluated: 2020
Trend: Stable




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