Sparsetooth dogfish

The sparsetooth dogfish, Scymnodalatias oligodon, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, the holotype of which was taken in the subtropical southeast Pacific at a depth of up to 200 m.

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The Sparsetooth dogfish lives in the benthopelagic, marine, depth range 0 - 200 m environment.

Range of the sparsetooth dogfish (in blue) Sharks portal The sparsetooth dogfish, Scymnodalatias oligodon, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, the holotype of which was taken in the subtropical southeast Pacific at a depth of up to 200 More

No image of Sparsetooth dogfish found in the Shark Database Range Map Earth Map Names Scientific: Scymnodalatias oligodon German: Wenigzahn Dornhai More

Common names

Sparsetooth dogfish in English
Tandarme ijshaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Tandarme ijshaai in Unknown

Order : Squaliformes
Family : Somniosidae
Genus : Scymnodalatias
Species : Scymnodalatias oligodon
Authority : Kukuyev & Konovalenko,1988