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Whitetail dogfish

Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The whitetail dogfish (Scymnodalatias albicauda) is a species in the family Somniosidae, order Squaliformes.

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Quick facts about the whitetail dogfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
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 whitetail dogfish live?

Not recorded

Is the whitetail 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 whitetail dogfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderSqualiformes
  5. familySomniosidae
  6. genusScymnodalatias
  7. SpeciesScymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986
Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • světloun bělochvostýCzech
  • Weißschwanz-DornhaiGerman
  • Pescecane coda biancaItalian
  • オジロザメJapanese
  • WitstaartijshaaiDutch
  • Белохвостая сцимнодалатияRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the whitetail dogfish

Other species in the same genus Scymnodalatias.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the whitetail dogfish?

The whitetail dogfish (Scymnodalatias albicauda) 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). Whitetail dogfish (Scymnodalatias albicauda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/whitetail-dogfish

MLA

“Whitetail dogfish (Scymnodalatias albicauda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/whitetail-dogfish.

BibTeX
@misc{whitetail_dogfish_2026,
  title = {Whitetail dogfish (Scymnodalatias albicauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/whitetail-dogfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}