Biology:Dwarf gulper shark
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Short description: Species of shark
| Dwarf gulper shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Centrophorus |
| Species: | C. atromarginatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913
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| 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
- ↑ Rigby, C.L.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K. (2020). "Centrophorus atromarginatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161384A124474968. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161384A124474968.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161384/124474968. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ [“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. PMID 30271254.
Wikidata ☰ Q994653 entry
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