Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Squaliformes > Somniosidae > Centroscymnus > Centroscymnus owstonii

Centroscymnus owstonii (Black shark; Deepwater dogfish; Owstons dogfish; Owston's dogfish; Owstons spiny dogfish; Roughskin dogfish; Smallspine dogfish; Smallspine shark; Smoothskin dogfish)

Synonyms: Centroscymnus cryptacanthus; Centroscymnus owstoni
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Wikipedia Abstract

The roughskin dogfish, Centroscymnus owstonii, is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, at depths of between 100 and 1,500 m. It reaches a length of 120 cm.
View Wikipedia Record: Centroscymnus owstonii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Centroscymnus owstonii

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Clistobothrium montaukense[1]
Hepatoxylon trichiuri[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0