Owston's Dogfish
Centroscymnus owstonii
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
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 5 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 177 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 17 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 26 records
- East Coast, South Korea - 22 records
- Azores, Portugal - 13 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records