Roughskin dogfish

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.[2][3] It reaches a length of 121 cm.[2]

Roughskin dogfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Centroscymnus
Species:
C. owstonii
Binomial name
Centroscymnus owstonii
(Garman, 1906)
Range of the roughskin dogfish (in blue)
Synonyms

Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906

Conservation status

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the roughskin dogfish as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]

References
  1. Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. 2018. Centroscymnus owstonii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T41749A68615392. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41749A68615392.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2018.
  2. Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (2019). "Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 Roughskin dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 978-0002169875. OCLC 9506630.
  4. 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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