Highfin Dogfish
Centroscyllium excelsum
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Sharks and rays
The highfin dogfish is a lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean on the Emperor Seamount chain between latitudes 50 and 38°N, at depths between 800 and 1,000 m. It reaches a length of 63 cm.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Centroscyllium