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iScymnodon
Image:Scymnodon ringens.jpg Knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Dalatiidae Genus: Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
Species
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Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Dalatiidae.

[edit] Species

• • Japanese velvet dogfish, Scymnodon ichiharai (Yano & Tanaka, 1984)
  • Smallmouth velvet dogfish, Scymnodon obscurus (Vaillant, 1888)
  • Knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
  • Velvet dogfish, Scymnodon squamulosus (Günther, 1877)

[edit] References

• "Scymnodon". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.