Portuguese Dogfish
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Somniosidae
- Genus
- Centroscymnus
Where to Find
Found in 7 diving areas across 6 countries and 4 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 30 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 7 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 32 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 20 records
- Azores, Portugal - 20 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 60 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 3 records