| Order: Squaliformes Family: Somniosidae Genus: Somniosus Le Sueur, 1818 Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) En: Greenland sleeper shark - Du: Groenlandse sluimerhaai |
Rare species in the North Sea (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 60; Nijssen, 2001, p. 36). Caught only every once in a while in Dutch coastal waters.
Fisheries data:
| February 1980 | Off Petten, no further details (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 60). |
| April 1958 | Westerschelde, Zeeland, no further details (de Groot, 1979, p. 431; Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 60). |
| February 1952 | Engels Vaarwater, Zeeland, no further details (de Groot, 1979, p. 431; Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 60). |
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