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Sailfin roughshark
Oxynotus paradoxus
The sailfin roughshark (Oxynotus paradoxus) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Oxynotidae, found in the eastern North Atlantic from Scotland to Senegal between latitudes 41°N and 11°N, at depths of between 265 and 720 m (869 and 2,362 ft). Its length is up to 1.2 m (3.9 ft).
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51321.