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title: "Knifetooth Dogfish"
description: "Scymnodon ringens — Pesci. The knifetooth dogfish (Scymnodon ringens), is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/knifetooth-dogfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Knifetooth Dogfish

> Scymnodon ringens — Pesci. The knifetooth dogfish (Scymnodon ringens), is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.

- Scientific name: *Scymnodon ringens*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5
- Wikidata: [Q2484171](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2484171)
- iNaturalist taxon: [112413](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/112413)

## Names

- en: Knifetooth Dogfish
- de: Messerzahn-Dornhai
- fr: Squale-grogneur commun
- nl: Mestandijshaai

## Summary

The knifetooth dogfish (Scymnodon ringens), is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m. Its length is up to 1.1 metres (3.6 ft).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knifetooth_dogfish

## Photo

![Knifetooth Dogfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/knifetooth-dogfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scymnodon_ringens.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/knifetooth-dogfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).