Combtooth dogfish
| Combtooth dogfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Centroscyllium |
| Species: | C. nigrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899 | |
| Range of combtooth dogfish (in blue) | |
The combtooth dogfish (Centroscyllium nigrum) is a little-known, deepwater dogfish shark, named after its teeth that are comb-shaped.