Centrophorus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Squaliformes

Familia: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: C. acus - C. atromarginatus - C. granulosus - C. harrissoni - C. isodon – C. lesliei – C. longipinnis – C. lusitanicus - C. moluccensis - C. niaukang - C. squamosus - C. tessellatus - C. uyato

Name

Centrophorus Müller & Henle, 1837

Type species: Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801, by monotypy
Synonyms

Lepidorhinus Bonaparte, 1838
Type species: Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788 by original description and monotypic.
Entoxychirus Gill, 1863
Type species: Squalus uyato Rafinesque, 1810 by original description and monotypic.
Machephilus J.Y. Johnson, 1868
Type species: Macephilus dumerilii J.Y. Johnson, 1868 by monotypy.
Gaboa (subgenus of Centrophorus) Whitley, 1940
Type species: Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch, 1915, by original designation and monotypic.
Somnispinax (subgenus of Centrophorus) Whitley, 1940
Type species: Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930, by original designation and monotypic.
Encheiridiodon J.L.B. Smith, 1967
Type species: Encheiridiodon hendersoni J.L.B. Smith, 1967, by original description.
Pseudocentrophorus Y.T. Chu , C.W. Meng & J.X. Liu, 1981
Type species: Pseudocentrophorus isodon Y.T. Chu , C.W. Meng & J.X. Liu, 1981, by original description and monotypic.

References

Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1837. Über die Gattungen der Haifische und Rochen nach einer ... mit Hrn. Henle unternommenen gemeinschaftlichen Arbeit über die Naturgeschichte der Knorpelfische. Bericht Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1837: 111–118. BHL Reference page.
Chu, Y.T. ; Meng, C.W. & Liu, J.X., 1981: Description of a new genus and a new species of Squalidae of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 6: 100–103.
Johnson, J.Y., 1868: Description of a new genus of Spinacidae, founded upon a shark obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1867: 713–715.
Smith, J.L.B., 1967: A new squalid shark from South Africa with notes on the rare Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist. Occasional Papers of the Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, 11: 117–136.
White, W.T., Ebert, D.A. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2017. Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 2—Description of two new species of Centrophorus and clarification of the status of Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864. Zootaxa 4344(1): 86–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.3. Reference page.
White, W.T. ; Ebert, D.A. ; Naylor, G.J.P. ; Ho, H.-C. ; Clerkin, P. ; Veríssimo, A. & Cotton, C.F., 2013: Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 1—Redescription of Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider), a senior synonym of C. acus Garman and C. niaukang Teng. Zootaxa, 3752 (1): 035–072. Full article: [1].

Centrophorus is a genus of squaliform sharks. 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. These spines give them their name, from Greek κεντρον, kentron meaning "thorn" and φέρειν, pherein meaning "to bear".

The genus is present in the fossil record from the Paleocene (C. squamosus) onwards.
Species

Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913. (dwarf gulper shark)
Centrophorus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (gulper shark)
Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch, 1915 (dumb gulper shark)
Centrophorus isodon Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & J. X. Liu, 1981 (blackfin gulper shark)
Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (lowfin gulper shark)
Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860 (smallfin gulper shark)
Centrophorus seychellorum Baranes, 2003 (Seychelles gulper shark)
Centrophorus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788 (leafscale gulper shark)
Centrophorus tessellatus Garman, 1906 (mosaic gulper shark)
Centrophorus uyato Rafinesque, 1810 (little gulper shark)
Centrophorus westraliensis 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)