''Centrophorus'' is a genus of squaliform

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κεντρον, ''kentron'' meaning "thorn" and φέρειν, ''pherein'' meaning "to bear". The genus is present in the fossil record from the

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(''C. squamosus'') onwards.

Species

* '' Centrophorus atromarginatus'' Garman, 1913. (dwarf gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus granulosus''

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, 1801 (gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus harrissoni'' McCulloch, 1915 (dumb gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus isodon'' Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & J. X. Liu, 1981 (blackfin gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus lusitanicus'' Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (lowfin gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus moluccensis'' Bleeker, 1860 (smallfin gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus seychellorum'' Baranes, 2003 (Seychelles gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus squamosus''

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, 1788 (leafscale gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus tessellatus'' Garman, 1906 (mosaic gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus uyato'' Rafinesque, 1810 (little gulper shark) * '' Centrophorus westraliensis''

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& Compagno, 2008 (western gulper shark) * ''

Centrophorus zeehaani 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 gul ...

'' W. T. White, Ebert & Compagno, 2008 (southern dogfish) * ''Centrophorus'' sp. A Not yet described (minigulper) * ''Centrophorus'' sp. B Not yet described (slender gulper)

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q599158 Turonian genus first appearances Shark genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle Extant Turonian first appearances

Species

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