CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Squaliformes (order) » Somniosidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 020025 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Centroscymnus coelolepis Bocage & Capello, 1864
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 20 Somniosidae (Sleeper Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Portuguese Dogfish
Common Names List:	Portuguese dogfish roughskin dogfish
Organism Type:	a dogfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 020906 Centroscymnus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	020025, 37 020507, 020507

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [135] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 270 to 3700 m.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

"roughskin dogfish" is the marketing name for this species

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e51b2843-500e-46b3-910f-fdbbf8fb319b Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3423 View at FoA
ITIS	160724 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105907 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report