Smallmouth velvet dogfish

Smallmouth velvet dogfish

Taxobox
name = Smallmouth velvet dogfish
status =
trend =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = "Scymnodon"
species = "S. obscurus"
range_



range_map_width = 200px
range_map_caption = Range of the smallmouth velvet dogfish (in blue)
binomial = "Scymnodon obscurus"
binomial_authority = (Vaillant, 1888)
The smallmouth velvet dogfish, "Scymnodon ichiharai", is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the tropical central Atlantic between latitudes 65° N and 36° S, from the surface to 1,450 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.

The smallmouth velvet dogfish is usually found on or near the bottom, feeding on bottom fishes and invertebrates. Its flesh is utilized dried salted for human consumption and for fishmeal.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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