Ornate Dogfish
Centroscyllium ornatum
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The ornate dogfish is dogfish shark which is not widely known. It is found in deepwater on the continental slopes of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, at depths between 520 and 1,260 m. Its length is up to 30 cm, and its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Centroscyllium