Seychelles gulper shark

Seychelles gulper shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: C. seychellorum
Binomial name
Centrophorus seychellorum
Baranes, 2003
Known range of the Seychelles gulper shark (in blue)

Centrophorus seychellorum or Seychelles gulper shark, is a species of fish in the Centrophoridae family found in Alphonse island in Seychelles. [1] This species is distinguished by having large tip of snout to first dorsal distance of 34% TL; first dorsal fin high (7 % TL); second dorsal fin base long (9.8% TL); long snout (12.2% TL); uniformly grey with tip and the trailing edge of dorsal fins blackish. [2] It is one of 11 described species in the genus Centrophorus.

See also

List of sharks

References

  1. "Centrophorus seychellorum". IUCN. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. Baranes, A. (2003): Sharks from the Amirantes Islands, Seychelles, with a description of two new species of squaloids from the deep sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 49: 33-65.


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