Blackfin gulper shark

The blackfin gulper shark (Centrophorus isodon) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae in the Northwest Pacific.[1] Threats are not entirely clear but they may be bycatching from deepwater trawling and line fisheries and may also be used for cod liver oil and fish meal.

Blackfin gulper shark

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species:
C. isodon
Binomial name
Centrophorus isodon
(Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & J. X. Liu, 1981)
Range of blackfin gulper shark (in blue)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Centrophorus isodon" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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