Scymnodon ringens, Knifetooth dogfish : fisheries

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Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Knifetooth dogfish
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Scymnodon ringens
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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)
Etymology: Scymnodon: scymnus, an ancient name for some kind of shark, derived from a Greek word meaning young animal, cub or whelp; odon (Gr.), tooth, referring to large, triangular cutting teeth on lower jaw of S. ringens. (See ETYFish);  ringens: Latin for gaping, referring to its large, open mouth (“ore amplo, hiante”). (See ETYFish).

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