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title: "Fluweelijshaai"
description: "Zameus squamulosus — Vissen. The velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus), the only member of the genus Zameus, is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface to 2,000 m."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/velvet-dogfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fluweelijshaai

> Zameus squamulosus — Vissen. The velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus), the only member of the genus Zameus, is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface to 2,000 m.

- Scientific name: *Zameus squamulosus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 7
- Wikidata: [Q3442806](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3442806)
- iNaturalist taxon: [115231](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/115231)

## Names

- en: Velvet Dogfish
- de: Samtdornfisch
- es: Tiburón boca chica
- fr: Squale-grogneur à queue échancrée
- nl: Fluweelijshaai

## Summary

The velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus), the only member of the genus Zameus, is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface to 2,000 m.

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

## Photo

![Fluweelijshaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/velvet-dogfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: NOAA Observer Program · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zameus_squamulosus.jpg

## Machine access

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