Little sleeper shark
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The little sleeper shark, Somniosus rostratus, is a sleeper shark of the family
Somniosidae
found in the northeast Atlantic, western Mediterranean, and western Pacific around New Zealand
, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 1.43 m.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Somniosidae
Somniosidae
Somniosidae is a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as sleeper sharks.-Genera:* Centroscymnus Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864...
found in the northeast Atlantic, western Mediterranean, and western Pacific around New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 1.43 m.