Lowfin gulper shark

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iLowfin gulper shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: C. lusitanicus
Binomial name
Centrophorus lusitanicus
(Bocage & Capelo, 1864)

The lowfin gulper shark, Centrophorus lusitanicus, is a large deepwater dogfish.

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[edit] Physical characteristics

The lowfin gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines with the first dorsal fin being much longer than the rear, a long broad snout, and angular pectoral fins. Maximum length is 1.6 m.

[edit] Distribution

The lowfin gulper shark is found in the Eastern Atlantic off Portugal and West Africa, the Indian Ocean around Mozambique and Madagascar, and the West Pacific by Taiwan.

[edit] Habits and habitat

Lowfin gulper sharks live at depths between 300 and 1,400 m. They are ovoviviparous and give birth to up tp 6 pups per litter. They feed on other sharks, boney fish, crabs, and lobsters.

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