Sherwood dogfish

The sherwood dogfish or Sherwood's dogfish (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found only around New Zealand.^[2] The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.^[3]

Sherwood dogfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Scymnodalatias
Species:	S. sherwoodi
Binomial name
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)
Range of the Sherwood dogfish (in blue)

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The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.^[3]

Conservation status

In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the sherwood dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[4]