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Golden dogfish

Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The golden dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater) is a species in the family Somniosidae, order Squaliformes.

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Quick facts about the golden dogfish

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the golden dogfish live?

Not recorded

Is the golden dogfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the golden dogfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderSqualiformes
  5. familySomniosidae
  6. genusCentroselachus
  7. SpeciesCentroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)

Synonyms Centrophorus crepidater, Centrophorus jonssonii, Centrophorus rossi, Centroscymnus crepidater, Centroscymnus furvescens

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Longnose velvet dogfishEnglish
  • Longnose velvet-sharkEnglish
  • světloun dlouhonosýCzech
  • Langnasen-SamthaiGerman
  • sapata negraSpanish
  • kuonosamettihaiFinnish
  • Pailona à long nezFrench
  • Centroscimno naso lungoItalian
  • フンナガユメザメJapanese
  • ilgašnipis baltaakis dygliaryklisLithuanian
  • LangsnuitijshaaiDutch
  • Sapata-pretaPortuguese
  • Длинноносая бархатная акулаRussian
  • Langnasen-SamtdornhaiGerman
  • Tiburón zapataSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the golden dogfish

Other species in the same family Somniosidae.

Blimp shark

Somniosus antarcticus

SomniosidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the golden dogfish?

The golden dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater) belongs to the family Somniosidae in the order Squaliformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Golden dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-dogfish

MLA

“Golden dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-dogfish.

BibTeX
@misc{golden_dogfish_2026,
  title = {Golden dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-dogfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}