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Somniosus

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Somniosus is a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae. Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to , thus ranking among the largest of sharks.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassElasmobranchii
  4. OrderSqualiformes
  5. FamilySomniosidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations40
Observations recorded5,368

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Somniosus is a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae. Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to , thus ranking among the largest of sharks.

==Species== Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939 (southern sleeper shark) Somniosus cheni Hsu, Lin, & Joung, 2020 (Taiwan sleeper shark) †Somniosus gonzalezi Welton & Goedert, 2016 – fossil, Oligocene Somniosus longus Tanaka, 1912 (frog shark) Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Greenland shark) Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark) Somniosus rostratus A. Risso, 1827 (little sleeper shark) Somniosus sp. A Not yet described (longnose sleeper shark)

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