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Scymnodon plunketi
(Waite, 1910)
Plunket shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squaliformes Somniosidae
Reference of the original description
Notes on New Zealand fishes. Transactions New Zealand Institute, 42, 384–391
Notes on New Zealand fishes. Transactions New Zealand Institute, 42, 384–391
Description :
Citation: Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 07/2025
Common names
Pailona austral, 
Pailona austral, Pailona australe, 
Lord Plunket"s shark, Plunket shark, Plunket"s dogfish, Plunket"s shark, Plunkets dogfish, Roughskin dogfish, Waites deepsea dogfish
Pailona austral, Pailona austral, Pailona australe, Lord Plunket"s shark, Plunket shark, Plunket"s dogfish, Plunket"s shark, Plunkets dogfish, Roughskin dogfish, Waites deepsea dogfish
Short Description
Dark grey-brown in color, dorsal fins with very small fin spines, very short snout, lanceolate upper teeth and bladelike lower teeth with short, oblique cusps, stocky body that tapers abruptly from pectoral region, moderately large dermal denticles with triple cusps and ridges in adults and subadults [518].
Dark grey-brown in color, dorsal fins with very small fin spines, very short snout, lanceolate upper teeth and bladelike lower teeth with short, oblique cusps, stocky body that tapers abruptly from pectoral region, moderately large dermal denticles with triple cusps and ridges in adults and subadults [518].
Human uses
fisheries: of potential interest
fisheries: of potential interest
Biology
Ovoviviparous with up to 36 young in a litter. Size at birth between 32 and 36 cm [518]. Distinct pairing with embrace [17086]. Found on continental and insular slopes. Occurs in large schools near the bottom which are segregated according to size and sex. Feeds on cephalopods and bony fishes.
Ovoviviparous with up to 36 young in a litter. Size at birth between 32 and 36 cm [518]. Distinct pairing with embrace [17086]. Found on continental and insular slopes. Occurs in large schools near the bottom which are segregated according to size and sex. Feeds on cephalopods and bony fishes.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6442;
shark-references Species-ID=6442;
