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Gulper sharks
Centrophorus
Centrophorus is a genus of squaliform sharks. These deep-water sharks, found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, are characterized by grey or brown bodies, large green eyes, and spines on both dorsal fins. These spines give them their name, from Greek κεντρον, kentron meaning "thorn" and φέρειν, pherein meaning "to bear".
The genus is present in the fossil record from the Paleocene (C. squamosus) onwards.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species
Little Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus uyato
Leafscale Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus squamosus
Large Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus granulosus
Harrisson's Dogfish
speciesCentrophorus harrissoni
Endeavour Dogfish
speciesCentrophorus moluccensis
Blackfin Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus isodon
Longfin Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus longipinnis
Lowfin Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus lusitanicus
Western Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus westraliensis
African Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus lesliei
Dwarf Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus atromarginatus
Mosaic Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus tessellatus
Seychelles Gulper Shark
speciesCentrophorus seychellorum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87286.