Little sleeper shark
| Little sleeper shark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Somniosus |
| Species: | S. rostratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somniosus rostratus A. Risso, 1827 | |
| Range of the little sleeper shark (in blue) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Somniosus bauchotae Quero, 1975 Scymnus rostratus Risso, 1827 | |
The little sleeper shark (Somniosus rostratus) is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae found in the northeast Atlantic, western Mediterranean, and western Pacific around New Zealand (though these records may be of another species), at depths between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 1.43 m.