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: Centrophorus atromarginatus
Name
Centrophorus atromarginatus (Garman, 1913)
Synonyms
None
Range
Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, Japan, Taiwan, and New Guinea
References
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates, and rays). Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. i-xiii + 1-515
Vernacular names
English: 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]
References
Rigby, C.L.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K. (2020). "Centrophorus atromarginatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161384A124474968.
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