- The
Somniosidae are a
family of
sharks in the
order Squaliformes,
commonly known as
sleeper sharks. The
common name "sleeper shark"
comes from
their slow...
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adapt to the deep sea. The
common ancestor of Dalatiidae, Etmopteridae,
Somniosidae, and
Oxynotidae possessed a
luminous organ and used
bioluminescence for...
- (
Somniosidae), a
family of slow-swimming
sharks Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), a
species of
sleeper sharks in the
family Somniosidae Roughskin...
- a
widely distributed genus of
deepwater dogfish sharks in the
family Somniosidae.
Several members of the
genus are
believed to
attain lengths up to 7 m...
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Scymnodon is a
genus of
squaliform sharks in the
family Somniosidae.
There are
currently four
recognized species in this genus:
Scymnodon ichiharai Ka...
- antarcticus), is a
deepwater benthopelagic sleeper shark of the
family Somniosidae found in the
southern and
subantarctic extremes of the Atlantic, Indian...
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known as the
gurry shark or grey shark, is a
large shark of the
family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"),
closely related to the
Pacific and
southern sleeper...
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sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a
sleeper shark of the
family Somniosidae,
measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length,
although it
could possibly...
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portal Scymnodalatias is a
genus of
squaliform sharks in the
family Somniosidae.
Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 (whitetail dogfish)...
- in deep
water in the
Pacific Ocean. It is in the
sleeper shark family Somniosidae with the
Greenland shark. The frog
shark is
known to grow to a maximum...
