The Centrophoridae are a family of squaliformsharks. The family contains just two genera and about 15 species. They are sometimes called gulper sharks, but this is also the name of a specific species in the family, Centrophorus granulosus. These are generally deepwater fish. While some, such as the gulper shark C. granulosus, are found worldwide and fished commercially, others are uncommon and little-known. Their usual prey is other fish; some are known to feed on squid, octopus, and shrimp. Some species live on the bottom (benthic), while others are pelagic. They are ovoviviparous, with the female retaining the egg-cases in her body until they hatch.[1]
They are small to medium sharks, ranging from 79 to 164 cm (2.59 to 5.38 ft) in adult body length. The members of the genus Deania generally have a long flattened snout.
^ abFroese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Centrophoridae" in FishBase. January 2009 version.
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centrophoridae, family, squaliform, sharks, family, contains, just, genera, about, species, they, sometimes, called, gulper, sharks, this, also, name, specific, species, family, centrophorus, granulosus, these, generally, deepwater, fish, while, some, such, gu. The Centrophoridae are a family of squaliform sharks The family contains just two genera and about 15 species They are sometimes called gulper sharks but this is also the name of a specific species in the family Centrophorus granulosus These are generally deepwater fish While some such as the gulper shark C granulosus are found worldwide and fished commercially others are uncommon and little known Their usual prey is other fish some are known to feed on squid octopus and shrimp Some species live on the bottom benthic while others are pelagic They are ovoviviparous with the female retaining the egg cases in her body until they hatch 1 Gulper sharks Longsnout dogfish Deania quadrispinosum Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachimorpha Order Squaliformes Family CentrophoridaeBleeker 1859 Genera Centrophorus Deania They are small to medium sharks ranging from 79 to 164 cm 2 59 to 5 38 ft in adult body length The members of the genus Deania generally have a long flattened snout Gulper shark Centrophorus granulosus Dumb gulper shark Centrophorus harrissoni Leafscale gulper shark Centrophorus squamosus Birdbeak dogfish Deania calcea Species editThe 18 known species are grouped into two genera 1 Centrophorus J P Muller amp Henle 1837 Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman 1913 dwarf gulper shark Centrophorus granulosus Bloch amp J G Schneider 1801 gulper shark Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch 1915 dumb gulper shark Centrophorus isodon Y T Chu Q W Meng amp J X Liu 1981 blackfin gulper shark Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage amp 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 amp Compagno 2008 western gulper shark Centrophorus zeehaani W T White Ebert amp Compagno 2008 southern dogfish Centrophorus sp A minigulper Centrophorus sp B slender gulper Deania D S Jordan amp Snyder 1902 Deania calcea R T Lowe 1839 birdbeak dogfish Deania hystricosa Garman 1906 rough longnose dogfish Deania profundorum H M Smith amp Radcliffe 1912 arrowhead dogfish Deania quadrispinosa McCulloch 1915 longsnout dogfish References edit nbsp Sharks portal a b Froese Rainer and Daniel Pauly eds 2009 Centrophoridae in FishBase January 2009 version External links editFishBase entry for Centrophoridae Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centrophoridae amp oldid 1182016909, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
