Ornate dogfish

Ornate dogfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Centroscyllium
Species:
C. ornatum
Binomial name
Centroscyllium ornatum
(Alcock, 1889)
Range of ornate dogfish (in blue)

The ornate dogfish (Centroscyllium ornatum) is dogfish shark which is not widely known. It is found in deepwater on the continental slopes of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, at depths between 520 and 1,260 m. Its length is up to 30 cm, and its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

  1. ^ Finucci, B., Cheok, J., Cotton, C.F., Kulka, D.W., Neat, F.C., Rigby, C.L., Tanaka, S. & Walker, T.I. (2020). "Centroscyllium ornatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T161578A124509908. Retrieved 17 January 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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