Velvet Dogfish
Zameus squamulosus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The velvet dogfish, the only member of the genus Zameus, is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface to 2,000 m.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Somniosidae
- Genus
- Zameus