Centrophorus granulosus

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: Centrophorus granulosus
Name

Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Type locality: not stated
Synonyms

Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906: 204
Type locality: Japan, Yokohama market.
Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907
Type locality: Japan, Yokohama.
Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959: 1
Type locality: Taiwan, northeastern Taiwan, Tou-cheng.
Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864
Type locality: Southern Africa.
Centrophorus harrissoni J.T.F. Chen, 1963: 93 (placed C. niaukang as a junior synonym of this species)
Centrophorus robustus S.M. Deng, G.Q. Xiong & H.X. Zhan, 1985: 103
Type locality: East China Sea.

Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810
Centrophorus uyato Rafinesque, 1810
Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906
Centrophorus machiquensis Maul, 1955
Range

Indo-West Pacific: Australis, New Guinea, Japan
Indian Ocean: E. Africa
Eastern Atlantic: France to South Africa
Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico
References

Bloch, M. E. and Schneider, J. G. 1801. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Systema Ichthyol. i-lx + 1-584
Chen, J.T.F., 1963: A review of the sharks of Taiwan. Ichthyological Series, 1, 1–102.
Deng, S.M. ; Xiong, G.Q. & Zhan , H.X., 198:) Two new species of deep water sharks from the East China Sea. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 10: 102–106.
Teng, H.T., 1959: Studies on the elasmobranch fishes from Formosa. Pt. 6. A new species of deep-sea shark (Centrophorus niaukang) from Formosa. Report Laboratory of Fishery Biology, Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, 9: 1–6.
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].

Vernacular names
English: Gulper Shark
magyar: Nyelőcápa
português: Barroso, xara-branca