Plunket shark

The plunket shark or Plunket's shark (Scymnodon plunketi) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 220 and 1,550 m over continental shelves. It reaches a length of 130 cm.^[2]

Plunket shark
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Scymnodon
Species:	S. plunketi
Binomial name
Scymnodon plunketi Waite, 1910
Range of the plunket shark (in blue)
Synonyms
Centroscymnus plunketi Waite, 1910 Proscymnodon plunketi Waite, 1910

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