Dwarf gulper shark

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Dwarf gulper shark
Centrophorus atromarginatus.jpg
Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species:
C. atromarginatus
Binomial name
Centrophorus atromarginatus
Garman, 1913
Centrophorus atromarginatus distmap.png
Range of dwarf gulper shark (in blue)

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 atromarginatus has high amounts of Squalene in its liver, and it is fished for this resource. It is a deep-water fish, whose habitat is in bathydemersal waters.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L., Ebert, D.A. & Herman, K. 2020. Centrophorus atromarginatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161384A124474968. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161384/124474968. Downloaded on 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ [“New Records of Sharks (Elasmobranchii) from the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago in India with Notes on Current Checklists.”]
  • 1.Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Centrophorus atromarginatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • 2.FAO
  • 3.Tyabji, Zoya (September 2018). "New Records of Sharks (Elasmobranchii) from the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago in India with Notes on Current Checklists". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6): e28593. doi:10.3897/bdj.6.e28593. PMC 6160849. PMID 30271254.


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