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
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Squalomorphii
Ordo: Squaliformes
Familia: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: Centrophorus uyato
Vernacular names
The little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato) is a small, deepwater dogfish of the family Centrophoridae.[2]
Physical characteristics
The little gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, slightly humped back before the first dorsal fin, darker areas of coloration above gills and on dorsal fins, long free rear tips on pectoral fins, and a notched caudal fin.[3]
Distribution
The little gulper shark lives in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the eastern Atlantic from Spain south to the Cape of Good Hope, the Mediterranean west of Sicily, the western Indian Ocean around Mozambique, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal around India, and possibly Taiwan.
Habits and habitat
The little gulper is a common dogfish and lives near the bottom between 50 and 1,400 m. They are ovoviviparous with usually only one pup per litter. They eat bony fish and squid.
References
Finucci, B.; Bineesh, K.K.; Cotton, C.F.; Dharmadi, Kulka, D.W.; Neat, F.C.; Pacoureau, N.; Rigby, C.L.; Tanaka, S.; Walker, T.I. (2020). "Centrophorus uyato". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T41745A124416090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T41745A124416090.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Centrophorus uyato" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3752: 35–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.5. PMID 25229108. S2CID 24761706.
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