The southern dogfish (''Centrophorus zeehaani'') is a species of shark in the family
Centrophoridae
The Centrophoridae are a family of squaliform sharks. The family contains just two genera and about 15 species. They are sometimes called gulper sharks, but this is also the name of a specific species in the family, '' Centrophorus granulosus''.
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. It was described in 2008 along with the
western gulper shark, and belongs to genus ''
Centrophorus''. It is mainly found in the Indian and Pacific ocean, but they are distributed in other oceans as well. As a result, it is one of the more recent and elusive types of shark to date.
[Daley, R. K., Williams, A., Green, M., Barker, B., & Brodie, P. (May 2015). Can Marine Reserves conserve VULNERABLE sharks in the Deep sea? A case study OF centrophorus zeehaani (Centrophoridae), examined with acoustic telemetry. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 127-136. ]
References
southern dogfish
Fish of Oceania
Fauna of the Kerguelen Islands
Fauna of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Southern dogfish
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