Centrophorus squamosus Cladus: Eukaryota Name Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Synonyms Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788 Range Indo-West Pacific: Southeast Africa, Japan, Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand References Bonnaterre, J. P. 1788. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Paris. Tabl. Encyclop. Méthod. Ichthyol. i-lvi + 1-215 Vernacular Name The leafscale gulper shark, Centrophorus squamosus, is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The leafscale gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, the first dorsal being relatively low and long, large eyes, and rough leaf-like denticles. Its maximum length is 158 cm. Distribution Eastern Atlantic around continental slopes from Iceland south to the Cape of Good Hope, Western Indian Ocean around Aldabra Islands, and western Pacific around Honshū, Japan, the Philippines, south-east Australia, and New Zealand. Habits and habitat The leafscale gulper shark lives near the bottom between 230 and 2,360 meters, but usually below 1,000 meters. Also occurs pelagically in much deeper water. It probably feeds on fish and cephalopods. It is ovoviviparous with a maximum of 5 young per litter. Its meat is utilized dried and salted for human consumption and as fishmeal.
* White (2003). Centrophorus squamosus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable Source: Wikipedia, Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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