Dwarf gulper shark
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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Centrophorus |
| Species: | C. atromarginatus |
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| Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913 | |
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References
- McCormack, C.,& White, W. 2009. Centrophorus atromarginatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161384A5411777. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161384A5411777.en. Downloaded on 06 October 2017.
- [“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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