Template:Sharksportal The dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus, is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae.
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| Species: | C. atromarginatus
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| Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913
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Physical characteristics
The dwarf gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with large spines, bladelike unicuspidate teeth in upper and lower jaws, with lowers much larger than uppers, a moderately long and broad snout, fairly short first dorsal fin and high second dorsal, blocklike, very broad, sessile-crowned, wide-spaced, acuspidate lateral denticles, and rear tips of pectoral fins narrowly angular and strongly extended. Length is up to 87 cm.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Gulf of Aden, Japan, Taiwan, and northern Papua New Guinea.
Habits and habitat
A little-known deepwater dogfish found on the upper continental slopes to at least 450 m. Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Centrophorus atromarginatus". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- FAO
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