''Centrophorus'' is a genus of
squaliform shark
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s. 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
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. These spines give them their name, from
Greek
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κεντρον, ''kentron'' meaning "thorn" and φέρειν, ''pherein'' meaning "to bear".
The genus is present in the fossil record from the
Paleocene
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(''C. squamosus'') onwards.
Species
* ''
Centrophorus atromarginatus''
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, 1913. (dwarf gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus granulosus''
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& Schneider
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, 1801 (gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus harrissoni''
McCulloch, 1915 (dumb gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus isodon''
Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & J. X. Liu, 1981 (blackfin gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus lusitanicus''
Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (lowfin gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus moluccensis''
Bleeker, 1860 (smallfin gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus seychellorum''
Baranes, 2003 (Seychelles gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus squamosus''
Bonnaterre, 1788 (leafscale gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus tessellatus''
Garman, 1906 (mosaic gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus uyato''
Rafinesque, 1810 (little gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus westraliensis''
W. T. White, Ebert & Compagno, 2008 (western gulper shark)
* ''
Centrophorus zeehaani''
W. T. White, Ebert & Compagno, 2008 (southern dogfish)
* ''Centrophorus'' sp. A
Not yet described (minigulper)
* ''Centrophorus'' sp. B
Not yet described (slender gulper)
See also
*
List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes ''and'' are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacul ...
References
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Turonian genus first appearances
Shark genera
Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller
Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
Extant Turonian first appearances