Blackfin gulper shark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
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)

The blackfin gulper shark (Centrophorus isodon) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae in the Northwest Pacific.[2]

Commercial uses

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.

References

  1. Rigby, C.L.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K. (2020). "Centrophorus isodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44563A124432455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44563A124432455.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Centrophorus isodon" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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