| Pacific sleeper shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Somniosus |
| Species: | S. pacificus
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| Binomial name | |
| Somniosus pacificus | |
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| Range of the Pacific sleeper shark | |
The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could possibly reach lengths in excess of 7 m (23 ft).[2] It is found in the Pacific Ocean, usually in the northern hemisphere, but observations in recent years show it is also present in the southern hemisphere.
- ^ Rigby, C.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Pacoureau, N.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Walls, R.H.L.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Somniosus pacificus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161403A887942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T161403A887942.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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