Little gulper shark

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Little gulper shark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Centrophoridae Genus: Centrophorus Species: C. uyato
Binomial name
Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1810)
Range of little gulper shark (in blue)

The little gulper shark, Centrophorus uyato, is a small, deepwater dogfish of the family Centrophoridae.^[1]

Contents 1 Physical characteristics 2 Distribution 3 Habits and habitat 4 References

[edit] Physical characteristics

The little gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, slightly humped back before the first dorsal fin, darker areas of coloration above gills and on dorsal fins, long free rear tips on pectoral fins, and a notched caudal fin.

[edit] Distribution

The little gulper shark lives in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the eastern Atlantic from Spain south to the Cape of Good Hope, the Mediterranean west of Sicily, the western Indian Ocean around Mozambique, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal around India, and possibly Taiwan.

[edit] Habits and habitat

The little gulper is a common dogfish and lives near the bottom between 50 and 1,400 m. They are ovoviviparous with usually only one pup per litter. They eat bony fish and squid.

[edit] References

• Centrophorus uyato (TSN 160637). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 23 January 2006.
• "Centrophorus uyato". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
• FAO Species Catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2 Sharks of the World
• Pogonoski, J. & Pollard, D. 2003. Centrophorus cf. uyato. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 03 August 2007.