The velvet dogfish, Zameus squamulosus, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface to 2,000 m. Its length is up to 84 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
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