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  5. Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae)

Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae)

The Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae) family has 18 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia. None are commonly kept in home aquariums, so these profiles are reference entries.

Species in this family

  • Azores dogfish (Scymnodalatias garricki)Azores dogfishScymnodalatias garricki
  • Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)Greenland sharkSomniosus microcephalus
  • Japanese velvet dogfishZameus ichiharai
  • Knifetooth dogfish (Scymnodon ringens)Knifetooth dogfishScymnodon ringens
  • Largespine velvet dogfish (Centroscymnus macracanthus)Largespine velvet dogfishCentroscymnus macracanthus
  • Little sleeper shark (Somniosus rostratus)Little sleeper sharkSomniosus rostratus
  • Longnose velvet dogfish (Centroscymnus crepidater)Longnose velvet dogfishCentroscymnus crepidater
  • Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)Pacific sleeper sharkSomniosus pacificus
  • Plunket shark (Centroscymnus plunketi)Plunket sharkCentroscymnus plunketi
  • Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis)Portuguese dogfishCentroscymnus coelolepis
  • Roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii)Roughskin dogfishCentroscymnus owstonii
  • Sherwood dogfish (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi)Sherwood dogfishScymnodalatias sherwoodi
  • Shortnose velvet dogfishCentroscymnus cryptacanthus
  • Smallmouth knifetooth dogfishScymnodon obscurus
  • Southern sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus)Southern sleeper sharkSomniosus antarcticus
  • Sparsetooth dogfish (Scymnodalatias oligodon)Sparsetooth dogfishScymnodalatias oligodon
  • Velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus)Velvet dogfishZameus squamulosus
  • Whitetail dogfishScymnodalatias albicauda
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