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Pacific sleeper shark - Somniosus pacificus

Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks

Resouces from government sites on Somniosus pacificus :

2004 IPHC Report of Assessment and Research Activities
Technique develpment and age determination of the Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/staff/aaron/SpeciesCodes.htm

SpeciesCodes
55, Skates, Rajidae. 109, Skilfish, Erilepis zonifer. 125, Sleeper Shark, Somniosus
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/references/diet.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
109:231-240. Bright, DB 1959. The occurrence and food of the sleeper shark, Somniosus
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/faculty/viewfac.cfm?id=hwhitele

Whiteley, Herbert E.
...with Attachment of the Copepod Ommatokoita Elongata (Lernaeopodidae: Siphonostomatoida)
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/hannides/galleries/Calbasins/whalefalls.html

California Borderland Basins Cruise 2002 - Whale falls
The first one includes highly mobile carnivorous scavengers, such as hagfish
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/WAmarfishes.html

Washington Marine Fishes
Squalidae Dogfish Sharks Somniosus pacificus, Pacific sleeper shark - mesodemersal
http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/contacts/view_vitae.php?id=343

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
2004. A second species of Arctic shark: Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/matrix_hexanch.htm

PSRC - Life History Data Matrix - Hexanchiformes - Squaliformes ...
Squalimorphii, Squaliformes, Somniosidae, Somniosus, pacificus, Bigelow and Schroeder,
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/lht_litcited.htm

PSRC - Life History Table - Literature Cited
1987. Biological notes on the Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/FishKey/dalat.html

Dalatiidae
...seals, invertebrates, and carrion. This shark is rare in Puget Sound. Puget
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/queryresults.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOFIELD1=descri&CISOBOX1=Ray&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=

Title: Subject.TGM: Description
Sleeper shark, 1920. Sharks; Fish; Rifles; Beaches Man and shark on beach. Sleeper
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=2409&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=

Sleeper shark, 1920.
Description: Man and shark on beach. Sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus -
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/tax/Chondrichthyes.txt

Subclass Order Family Genus species Common name Full Finished # of ...
Sherwood dogfish Scymnodon ichiharai Japanese velvet dogfish ringens Knifetooth
http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/prddb/pred.cfm?CephID=343

CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) ...
Southern sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus), Sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus),
http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/prddb/pred.cfm?CephID=443

CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) ...
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), Antarctic Ocean, (Clarke, MR, MB Santos and
http://id-www.ucsb.edu/lovelab/l_long.html

The Fish List
85-3,500 m (281-11,550 ft). (Le Boeuf et al. 1987, Nakano and Tabuchi 1990). Somniosus
http://ichthy.mlml.calstate.edu/ebert_pub.htm



Academic web resources on Somniosus pacificus :

Fishery Bulletin Contents, 97(2)
Yang, Mei-Sun, and Benjamin N. Page Diet of Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12099414&dopt=Abstract

Ocular lesions associated with attachment of the copepod ...
Twenty eyes from 10 Pacific sleeper sharks Somniosus pacificus, infected with
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9920328&dopt=Abstract

New host and ocean records for the copepod Ommatokoita elongata ...
Seven of 8 Pacific sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus Bigelow and Schroeder,
http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/Fisheries/Halibut/popup_tags1.htm

Testing Satellite Pop-up Tags as a Tool for Identifying Critical ...
...fimbria), smaller halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=2161

ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. ...
...laimargue, sleeper shark. Somniosus pacificus Bigelow and Schroeder, 1944 --
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160605

ITIS Standard Report Page: Somniosus
Species, Somniosus pacificus Bigelow and Schroeder, 1944 -- Pacific sleeper shark,
http://www.leg.wa.gov/WAC/index.cfm?section=173-183-920&fuseaction=section

Chapter 173-183-920 WAC - The Washington State Legislature
Common Name, Scientific Name. Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus. Spiny
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/jas2003/divrptsABL2.htm

Research reports for Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Auke Bay ...
Species caught in quantities less than 1% of the catch by mass included Pacific
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/internships/interns/2004_CAnderson.htm

AFSC Summer Internships - Carl Anderson student essay
...about sleeper sharks. This shark, Somniosus pacificus, is commonly caught
http://www.nps.gov/glba/InDepth/learn/preserve/projects/seal/

Harbor seals
Increased predation by sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus) and Steller sea lions
http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/FHB/workshops/25/27.htm

25th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop
...lesions that were observed in 11 blue sharks, Prionace glauca, seven shortfin makos,
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/library/acquisitions/augsep04.HTM

August - September 2004 Acquisitions
2004. A second species of Arctic shark: Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/Accessibility/AccLibNov99Acquisitions.html



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