Taiwan sleeper shark

Taiwan sleeper shark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Somniosus
Species:
S. cheni
Binomial name
Somniosus cheni
Hsu, Lin, & Joung, 2020[2]

The Taiwan sleeper shark (Somniosus cheni) is a small sleeper shark from the western North Pacific Ocean around Taiwan. It is only known from a single adult specimen, a 1.34 m (4.4 ft) pregnant female with 33 embryos, which was caught in 2017.[2][3]

  1. ^ Finucci, B. (2022). "Somniosus cheni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T183783325A183783649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T183783325A183783649.en. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  2. ^ a b Hsu, H.-H.; Lin, C.-Y.; Joung, S.-J. (2020). "Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) cheni sp. nov., a new species of sleeper shark (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from eastern Taiwan, with aspects of embryo biology". Zoological Studies. 59 (59): e48. doi:10.6620/ZS.2020.59-48. PMC 7738940. PMID 33335596.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Somniosus cheni". FishBase. September 2023 version.