| Longnose velvet dogfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Centroselachus Garman, 1913 |
| Species: | C. crepidater
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| Binomial name | |
| Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
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| Range of the longnose velvet dogfish (in blue) | |
The longnose velvet dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found circumglobally in Southern Hemisphere subtropical seas, at depths of between 230 and 1,500 m.23 It reaches a length of 130 cm.3 It has a diet consisting of predominantly mesopelagic fishes and squids.4
Conservation status
The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the longnose velvet dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.5
References
References
- Finucci, B.; Cheok, J.; Cotton, C.F.; Kulka, D.W.; Neat, F.C.; Pacoureau, N.; Rigby, C.L.; Tanaka, S.; Walker, T.I. (2020). "Centroselachus crepidater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T46864A68615502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T46864A68615502.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0-00-216987-8. OCLC 9506630.
- Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (January 2019). "Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864) Longnose velvet dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- Dunn, M., Szabo, A., McVeagh, M., & Smith, P. (2010). The diet of deepwater sharks and the benefits of using DNA identification of prey. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 57(7), 923–930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.02.006
- Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-988514-62-8. OCLC 1042901090.