Highfin dogfish
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Centroscyllium |
| Species: | C. excelsum
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| Binomial name | |
| Centroscyllium excelsum | |
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| Range of highfin dogfish (in blue) | |
The highfin dogfish (Centroscyllium excelsum) is a sleeper shark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean on the Emperor Seamount chain between latitudes 50 and 38°N, at depths between 800 and 1,000 m. It reaches a length of 63 cm.
The highfin dogfish is ovoviviparous.
References
- ^ Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Centroscyllium excelsum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161740A124536451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161740A124536451.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Centroscyllium excelsum". FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Centroscyllium excelsum.
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