Dwarf gulper shark

Dwarf gulper shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: C. atromarginatus
Binomial name
Centrophorus atromarginatus
Garman, 1913
Range of dwarf gulper shark (in blue)

The dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus, is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Gulf of Aden, Japan, Taiwan, and northern Papua New Guinea.

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