Centroscyllium

Centroscyllium
Black dogfish, C. fabricii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Centroscyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
Species
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Centroscyllium is a genus of big-eyed, deepwater dogfishes with no anal fin, a grey or black-brown body, and dorsal spines, with the second one being much larger than the first. Seven extant species are described.

Species[]

• Centroscyllium excelsum Shirai & Nakaya, 1990 (highfin dogfish)
• Centroscyllium fabricii J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1825 (black dogfish)
• Centroscyllium granulatum Günther, 1887 (granular dogfish)
• Centroscyllium kamoharai T. Abe, 1966 (bareskin dogfish)
• Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899 (combtooth dogfish)
• Centroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889 (ornate dogfish)
• Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (whitefin dogfish)

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