Roughskin dogfish
| Roughskin dogfish | |
|---|---|
| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Centroscymnus |
| Species: | C. owstonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Centroscymnus owstonii (Garman, 1906) | |
| Range of the roughskin dogfish (in blue) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906 | |
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. It reaches a length of 121 cm.
This species is distributed in deep-sea communities throughout the western and eastern Indian Ocean as well as in the south-central Atlantic Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean (Tasmania).