Smallmouth velvet dogfish

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

The Smallmouth velvet dogfish lives in the benthopelagic, marine, depth range 0 - 1450 m , usually 550 - 1450 m environment.

Range of the smallmouth velvet dogfish (in blue) Sharks portal The smallmouth velvet dogfish, Scymnodon ichiharai, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the central Atlantic between latitudes 65°N and 36°S, from the surface to 1,450 m. More

Smallmouth velvet dogfish (Scymnodon obscurus) - Index > Photo > Range Map > Systematics > Name > Appearance > Coloration > Distribution More

Similar to Smallmouth velvet dogfish that ossesses small dorsal fin spines. Similar to Whitetail dogfish that species has a white colored tail. More

* Smallmouth velvet dogfish (Scymnodon obscurus) * Plunket's shark (Scymnodon plunketi) * »» Somniosus * Southern Sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus) More

The smallmouth velvet dogfish, Scymnodon ichiharai, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the central Atlantic ... Smallmouth bass limits urged for Lake Michigan | Article from ... Smallmouth bass limits urged for Lake Michigan ... More

Common names

Areganhada-de-focinho-comprido in Portuguese (Português)
Bruja boca chica in Spanish (español)
Bruja bocachica in Spanish (español)
Færeyjaháfur in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Føroyahávur in Faroese (Føroyskt)
Smallmouth knifetooth dogfish in English
smallmouth velvet dogfish in English
Squale-grogneur à queue échan. in French (français)
Squale-grogneur queue échancré in French (français)
Suji-birôdozame in Japanese (日本語)
Svarthaj in Swedish (Svenska)
小口异鳞鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
小口異鱗鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
暗色荆鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
暗色荊鯊 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Squaliformes
Family : Somniosidae
Genus : Scymnodon
Species : Scymnodon obscurus
Authority : Vaillant, 1888