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Etmopteridae
Whitefin dogfish
Centroscyllium ritteri
Birth begins inside a Japanese deepwater mother
- White
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Medium
- Temperate fish
White
Temperate
Restricted distribution
MediumWhitefin dogfish is known from Northwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Centroscyllium
- Maximum length
- 43 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: endemic to Japan.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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