Centroscyllium
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Genus of sharks
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Black dogfish, C. fabricii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae |
Genus: | Centroscyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 |
Species | |
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Centroscyllium is a genus of big-eyed, deepwater dogfishes with no anal fin, a grey or black-brown body, and dorsal spines, with the second one being much larger than the first. Seven extant species are described.
Species
- Centroscyllium excelsum Shirai & Nakaya, 1990 (highfin dogfish)
- Centroscyllium fabricii J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1825 (black dogfish)
- Centroscyllium granulatum Günther, 1887 (granular dogfish)
- Centroscyllium kamoharai T. Abe, 1966 (bareskin dogfish)
- Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899 (combtooth dogfish)
- Centroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889 (ornate dogfish)
- Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (whitefin dogfish)
References
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