''Centrophorus'' is a genus of

squaliform The Squaliformes are an order of sharks that includes about 126 species in seven families. Members of the order have two dorsal fins, which usually possess spines, they usually have a sharp head, no anal fin or nictitating membrane, and fi ...

shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimo ...

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 A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom. Many species of animals possessing dorsal fins are not particularly closely related to each other, though through conv ...

. These spines give them their name, from

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κεντρον, ''kentron'' meaning "thorn" and φέρειν, ''pherein'' meaning "to bear". The genus is present in the fossil record from the

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(''C. squamosus'') onwards.

Species

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Centrophorus atromarginatus The dwarf gulper shark (''Centrophorus atromarginatus'') is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Gulf of Aden, Japan, Taiwan, and northern Papua New Guinea. As a Squaliform, ''Centrophorus atrom ...

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, 1913. (dwarf gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus granulosus The gulper shark (''Centrophorus granulosus'') is a long and slender Squalidae, dogfish usually about three feet in length generally found in deep, murky waters all around the world. It is a light grayish brown, paler ventrally, with a long snou ...

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, 1801 (gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus harrissoni The dumb gulper shark (''Centrophorus harrissoni'') is a rare and endangered deepwater dogfish, known from only along the east coast of Australia and isolated spots north and west of New Zealand. It is also known as the dumb shark, Harrison's d ...

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, 1915 (dumb gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus isodon The blackfin gulper shark (''Centrophorus isodon'') is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae in the Northwest Pacific. Threats are not entirely clear but they may be bycatching from deepwater trawling and line fisheries and may also be used for ...

'' Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & J. X. Liu, 1981 (blackfin gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus lusitanicus The lowfin gulper shark (''Centrophorus lusitanicus'') is a large deepwater dogfish in the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The lowfin gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins (with spines with the first dorsal fin being muc ...

'' Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (lowfin gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus moluccensis The smallfin gulper shark (''Centrophorus moluccensis'') is a medium-sized deepwater dogfish in the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The smallfin gulper has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, long free rear tips on pectoral ...

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Centrophorus seychellorum The Seychelles gulper shark (''Centrophorus seychellorum'') is a species of fish in the family Centrophoridae found in Alphonse island in Seychelles. This species is distinguished by having large tip of snout to first dorsal Dorsal (from Latin ' ...

'' Baranes, 2003 (Seychelles gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus squamosus The leafscale gulper shark (''Centrophorus squamosus'') is a Squaliformes, dogfish of the family (biology), family Centrophoridae. ''C. squamosus'' is reported to have a lifespan of approximately 70 years, based on otolith ring counts. It was th ...

'' Bonnaterre, 1788 (leafscale gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus tessellatus The mosaic gulper shark (''Centrophorus tessellatus'') is a small rare deepwater dogfish, found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands at depths between 260 and 728 m. It is one of 13 described species in the genus ' ...

'' Garman, 1906 (mosaic gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus uyato The little gulper shark (''Centrophorus uyato'') is a small, deepwater dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The little gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, slightly humped back before the first do ...

'' Rafinesque, 1810 (little gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus westraliensis The western gulper shark (''Centrophorus westraliensis'') is a species of squaliform shark discovered in 2008. The species had previously been identified as a variant of the dumb gulper shark, however was differentiated based on morphology. T ...

'' 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)

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q599158 Turonian genus first appearances Shark genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle Extant Turonian first appearances

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