Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae Sleeper sharks

Genus: Centroscymnus

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 121 cm TL
Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Photo by Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Centroscymnus coelolepis
[Portuguese dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Atlantic, Pacific and Ind
Max. Length 148 cm TL
Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906

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Centroscymnus owstonii
[Roughskin dogfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Centroscymnus coelolepis Portuguese dogfish Western Atlantic 121 TL 1864
Centroscymnus owstonii Roughskin dogfish Atlantic, Pacific and Ind 148 TL 1906



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