The Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found circumglobally on continental shelves and slopes in temperate waters between latitudes 70°N and 47°S, from the surface to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). Its length is up to 4.4 m (14 ft), although FishBase accepts that it could possibly reach lengths in excess of 7 m (23 ft).
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