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Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae Sleeper sharks

Genus: Centroscymnus

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5 species (see list below)

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Centroscymnus coelolepis
[Portuguese dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 130 cm TL
Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Centroscymnus crepidater
[Longnose velvet dogfish]

Photo by Duffy, C.

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 68 cm TL
Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906

Photo by Duffy, C.
 
Centroscymnus macracanthus
[Largespine velvet dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Atlantic, Pacific and Ind
Max. Length 121 cm TL
Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Centroscymnus owstonii
[Roughskin dogfish]

Photo by FAO

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 170 cm TL
Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910)

Photo by FAO
 
Centroscymnus plunketi
[Plunket shark]
5 Species of Family Somniosidae with Genus Centroscymnus
(Sleeper sharks)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1864 Centroscymnus coelolepis Portuguese dogfish Western Atlantic 120 TL
1864 Centroscymnus crepidater Longnose velvet dogfish Eastern Atlantic 130 TL
1906 Centroscymnus macracanthus Largespine velvet dogfish Southeast Pacific 68 TL
1906 Centroscymnus owstonii Roughskin dogfish Atlantic, Pacific and Ind 121 TL
1910 Centroscymnus plunketi Plunket shark Southwest Pacific 170 TL



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