Smallfin gulper shark
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| Centrophorus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1860) |
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The smallfin gulper shark, Centrophorus moluccensis, is a medium-sized deepwater dogfish.
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[edit] Physical Characteristics
The smallfin gulper has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, long free rear tips on pectoral fins, and a deeply notched caudal fin. Maximum length 98 cm.
[edit] Distribution
The smallfin gulper is found in the western Indian Ocean off South Africa and Mozambique, and the western Pacific off Honshū, Japan, Indonesia, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and southern Australia.
[edit] Habits and habitat
The smallfin gulper is a common deepwater shark. They live near the bottom between 130 and 820 m. They are ovoviviparous and have 2 pups per litter. Their food is primarily bony fish but also other sharks, molluscs, crustaceans, and even tunicates.
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[edit] References
- Pogonoski & Pollard (2003). Centrophorus moluccensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a lengthy justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
- Centrophorus muluccensis (TSN 160645). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 5 February 2006.
- FAO Species Catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2 Sharks of the World
- "Centrophorus moluccensis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 02 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
