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Sherwood dogfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Scymnodalatias
Species:	S. sherwoodi
Binomial name
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)
Range of the Sherwood dogfish (in blue)

The sherwood dogfish or Sherwood's dogfish (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found only around New Zealand. The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.

The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.

Conservation status

In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the sherwood dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

References

1. Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41856A70709963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41856A70709963.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)". NZOR. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. ^ Carpenter, Kent E.; Bailly, Nicolas. "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921) Sherwood dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
4. Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 11. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

• IUCN Red List data deficient species
• Scymnodalatias
• Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
• Fish described in 1921