Scymnodon

Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae.

Scymnodon
Scymnodon plunketi
Scymnodon obscurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
Synonyms
Proscymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 [1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Scymnodon ichiharai Ka. Yano & S. Tanaka (II), 1984 (Japanese velvet dogfish) ^[1]
• Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) (largespine velvet dogfish) ^[1]
• Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) (Plunket's shark) ^[1]
• Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (knifetooth dogfish)