Bed-jacket vs dogfish

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Scyliorhinus canicula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket dogfish
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Carcharhiniformes (Ground Sharks)
Family Sapindaceae Scyliorhinidae
Genus Alectryon Scyliorhinus
Species Alectryon tomentosus Scyliorhinus canicula

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

dogfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket dogfish
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

dogfish

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

dogfish

No description available.

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