Dumb gulper shark
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| Centrophorus harrissoni |
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 Range of dumb gulper shark (in blue)
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The dumb gulper shark, Centrophorus harrissoni, is a rare deepwater dogfish, known from only two locations, one around Taiwan and the other along the East Coast of Australia. It is also known as harrison's deepsea dogfish. It may grow to be 43in (109cm) long and large, green eyes which it uses at 820 to 1260 feet (250 to 385 metres) under water.
This species may be the same as Centrophorus uyato.
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- IUCN 2006: Centrophorus harrissoni
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