Centroscyllium

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Granular dogfish
Black dogfish, Centroscyllium fabricii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Dalatiidae Genus: Centroscyllium Müller & Henle, 1841
Species
See text.

Centroscyllium (Müller & Henle, 1841) is the genus name for a group 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. There are seven extant species.

[edit] Species

• Highfin dogfish, Centroscyllium excelsum Shirai & Nakaya, 1990.
• Black dogfish, Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825).
• Granular dogfish, Centroscyllium granulatum Günther, 1887.
• Bareskin dogfish, Centroscyllium kamoharai Abe, 1966.
• Combtooth dogfish, Centroscyllium nigrum (de Buen, 1959).
• Ornate dogfish, Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889).
• Whitefin dogfish, Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903.

[edit] References

• Centroscyllium (TSN 160701). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 4 May 2006.
• "Centroscyllium". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.