Centroscyllium
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| Black dogfish, Centroscyllium fabricii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Centroscyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 |
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Centroscyllium is a genus of big-eyed deepwater dogfishes with no anal fin, a grey or black-brown body, and dorsal spines, with the second one being much larger than the first. There are seven extant species.
[edit] Species
- Centroscyllium excelsum Shirai & Nakaya, 1990 (Highfin dogfish)
- Centroscyllium fabricii (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1825) (Black dogfish)
- Centroscyllium granulatum Günther, 1887 (Granular dogfish)
- Centroscyllium kamoharai Abe, 1966 (Bareskin dogfish)
- Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899 (Combtooth dogfish)
- Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889) (Ornate dogfish)
- Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (Whitefin dogfish)
[edit] References
- "Centroscyllium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160701. Retrieved 4 May 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Centroscyllium in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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