Poole, Karen E.
Oxynotus
Sign in to savethumb|253px|right|Prickly dogfish, Oxynotus bruniensis thumb|253px|right|Angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina
Species
オロシザメ属
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderSqualiformes
- FamilyOxynotidae
Habitatmarine
Observations50
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Oxynotidae
- Collections
- MNHN, AM
- Recorded in
- Portugal, Congo, Algerie, Tunisie, Maroc, Libya
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thumb|253px|right|Prickly dogfish, Oxynotus bruniensis thumb|253px|right|Angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina
Oxynotus is a genus of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as the rough sharks. It is the only extant genus in the family Oxynotidae. They live in deep waters in the Atlantic and western Pacific Oceans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxynotus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.