Scientific Name	Zameus squamulosus			by: ©Reyes Lobao-Tello, Pablo Ricardo
Author	(Günther, 1877)	Depth	0 - 2000M
Chinese	鱗睡鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	睡鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F037　Somniosidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鱗睡鯊
Max Length	84 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	異鱗鮫、睡鯊、狗鮫
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Inoshima, now Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea, western Pacific, Challenger station 232, depth 345 fathoms
Synonyms	Centrophorus squamulosus, Centroscymnus obscurus, Centroscymnus squamulosus, Scymnodon niger, Scymnodon obscurus, Scymnodon squamulosus
Reference	李柏峰（2003）碩士論文  Günther, A. 1877 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 李柏鋒 2003 Hsu, H.-H. etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0060843. ASIZP0062457. ASIZP0062476. ASIZP0062477. CAS214591.
Common Name	Velvet dogfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head is rather low and flat; the snout is rather narrow and long, and the preoral length is greater than the mouth width and almost equal in distance from lower symphysis to the first gill slits; The mouth is fairly narrow, short and transverse; postoral grooves are very long, much longer than upper labial furrows; gill slits are rather short, the longest and is less than half the eye length. Pectoral fins are fairly broad and leaf-shaped; apices of pectoral fins fall well in front of the first dorsal spine; pelvic fins are small, about equal to the second dorsal fin; the caudal fin is with a strong subterminal notch and a short lower lobe. The lateral trunk denticles are with cross- ridges on crowns. The caudal peduncle is long, and the distance from second dorsal base to upper caudal origin about equal to second dorsal base. Distribution: Literature:.
habitats	A little-known deepwater shark of the western Pacific continental slope, down to at least 631 m.
Distribution	Western Pacific from southeastern Japan to Taiwan, off southeastern Australia and New Zealand.
Utility	Used dried and salted for human consumption and for fish meal