Longnose velvet dogfish

Longnose velvet dogfish
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Centroselachus; Garman, 1913
Species:	C. crepidater
Binomial name
	Centroselachus crepidater; (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
	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.^[2]^[3] It reaches a length of 130 cm.^[3] It has a diet consisting of predominantly mesopelagic fishes and squids.^[4]

Conservation status[edit]

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[edit]

^ 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 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.
^ ^a ^b 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 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 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.

[2] Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.

[:0-3] 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.

[4] 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

[5] 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 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

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