Centroscyllium
| Centroscyllium | |
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| Black dogfish, C. fabricii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Centroscyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 |
| Species | |
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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. Seven extant species are described.
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 T. Abe, 1966 (bareskin dogfish)
- Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899 (combtooth dogfish)
- Centroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889 (ornate dogfish)
- Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (whitefin dogfish)
References
- "Centroscyllium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 May 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Centroscyllium in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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