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Sleeper Sharks
Somniosidae
The Somniosidae are a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as sleeper sharks. The common name "sleeper shark" comes from their apparent slow swimming, low activity level, and perceived non-aggressive nature.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 17 known species
Sleeper Sharks
genusSomniosus
Centroscymnus
genusCentroscymnus
Scymnodon
genusScymnodon
Zameus
genusZameus
Centroselachus
genusCentroselachus
Scymnodalatias
genusScymnodalatias
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 59797.