chainfruit vs Highfin dogfish

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Centroscyllium excelsum

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Highfin dogfish is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Highfin dogfish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Squaliformes (Squaliformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Etmopteridae
Genus	Alyxia	Centroscyllium
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Centroscyllium excelsum

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Highfin dogfish

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Highfin dogfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Highfin dogfish

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.