Knifetooth dogfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Scymnodon |
| Species: | S. ringens
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| Binomial name | |
| Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
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| Range of the knifetooth dogfish (in blue) | |
The knifetooth dogfish (Scymnodon ringens), is a harmless
Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m. Its length is up to 1.1 metres (3.6 ft).[2]
References
- . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Scymnodon ringens" in FishBase. November 2014 version.