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]
| Taiwan sleeper shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Somniosus |
| Species: | S. cheni
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| Binomial name | |
| Somniosus cheni Hsu, Lin, & Joung, 2020[2]
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Somniosus cheni". FishBase. September 2023 version.