Southern dogfish

Southern dogfish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: C. zeehaani
Binomial name
Centrophorus zeehaani
W. T. White, Ebert & Compagno, 2008
Known range of the Southern dogfish (in blue)

The southern dogfish (Centrophorus zeehaani) is a species of shark in the Centrophoridae family.[1] It was described in 2008 along with the western gulper shark, and belongs to genus Centrophorus.

See also

List of sharks

References

  1. ↑ White, W.T., D.A. Ebert and L.J.V. Compagno, 2008. Description of two new species of gulper sharks, genus Centrophorus (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22.


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