| Taiwan gulper shark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Centrophorus |
| Species: | C. niaukang |
| Binomial name | |
| Centrophorus niaukang (Teng, 1959) |
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| Range of Taiwan gulper shark (in blue) | |
The Taiwan gulper shark, Centrophorus niaukang, is a locally common, large deepwater shark.
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The Taiwan gulper shark has no anal, two dorsal (with small spines) and a caudal fin with a more vertical rear edge. The maximum length of the shark is 154 centimetres (61 in).
The Taiwan gulper shark is distributed patchily throughout the world, on outer continental shelves and upper slopes in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
The Taiwan gulper shark lives at depths around 250 metres (820 ft).