| Longnose velvet dogfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Centroselachus Garman, 1913 |
| Species: | C. crepidater |
| Binomial name | |
| Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage &Brito Capello, 1864) | |
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| Range of the longnose velvet dogfish (in blue) | |
Thelongnose velvet dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater) is asleeper shark of thefamilySomniosidae, found circumglobally insouthern hemispheresubtropical seas, at depths of between 230 and 1,500 m.[2][3] It reaches a length of 130 cm.[3]It has a diet consisting of predominantly mesopelagic fishes and squids.[4]
The New ZealandDepartment of Conservation has classified the longnose velvet dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under theNew Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]
