Dwarf gulper shark
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| Species: | C. atromarginatus
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| Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913
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Template:Sharksportal The dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus, is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae.
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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