Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)

Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)

Pacific sleeper sharks caught on a research vessel in the Gulf of Alaska.

Description
English: Pacific sleeper sharks
Source http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/ABL/MESA/mesa_sa_sharks.php
Author AFSC/NOAA
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Somniosus_pacificus_noaa2.jpg

The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the North Pacific on continental shelves and slopes in Arctic and temperate waters between latitudes 70°N and 22°N, from the surface to 2,000 metres deep. Records from southern oceans are likely misidentifications of relatives. Its length is up to 4.4 m, although it could possibly reach lengths in excess of 7m. Order: Squaliformes, Family: Somniosidae, Genus: Somniosus, Species: Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944.


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Description		Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) Pacific sleeper sharks caught on a research vessel in the Gulf of Alaska. Description English: Pacific sleeper sharks Source http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/ABL/MESA/mesa_sa_sharks.php Author AFSC/NOAA Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Somniosus_pacificus_noaa2.jpg The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the North Pacific on continental shelves and slopes in Arctic and temperate waters between latitudes 70°N and 22°N, from the surface to 2,000 metres deep. Records from southern oceans are likely misidentifications of relatives. Its length is up to 4.4 m, although it could possibly reach lengths in excess of 7m. Order: Squaliformes, Family: Somniosidae, Genus: Somniosus, Species: Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944.

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