Centrophorus granulosus

Centophorus granulosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Squaliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Squalomorphii Ordo: Squaliformes

Familia: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: Centrophorus granulosus

Name

Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Type locality: not stated

Synonyms

Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

• Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906: 204
  • Type locality: Japan, Yokohama market.
• Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907
  • Type locality: Japan, Yokohama.
• Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959: 1
  • Type locality: Taiwan, northeastern Taiwan, Tou-cheng.
• Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864
  • Type locality: Southern Africa.
• Centrophorus harrissoni J.T.F. Chen, 1963: 93 (placed C. niaukang as a junior synonym of this species)
• Centrophorus robustus S.M. Deng, G.Q. Xiong & H.X. Zhan, 1985: 103
  • Type locality: East China Sea.

Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810
Centrophorus uyato Rafinesque, 1810
Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906
Centrophorus machiquensis Maul, 1955

Range

Indo-West Pacific: Australis, New Guinea, Japan
Indian Ocean: E. Africa
Eastern Atlantic: France to South Africa
Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico

References

• Bloch, M. E. and Schneider, J. G. 1801. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Systema Ichthyol. i-lx + 1-584
• Chen, J.T.F., 1963: A review of the sharks of Taiwan. Ichthyological Series, 1, 1–102.
• Deng, S.M. ; Xiong, G.Q. & Zhan , H.X., 198:) Two new species of deep water sharks from the East China Sea. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 10: 102–106.
• Teng, H.T., 1959: Studies on the elasmobranch fishes from Formosa. Pt. 6. A new species of deep-sea shark (Centrophorus niaukang) from Formosa. Report Laboratory of Fishery Biology, Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, 9: 1–6.
• White, W.T. ; Ebert, D.A. ; Naylor, G.J.P. ; Ho, H.-C. ; Clerkin, P. ; Veríssimo, A. & Cotton, C.F., 2013: Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 1—Redescription of Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider), a senior synonym of C. acus Garman and C. niaukang Teng. Zootaxa, 3752 (1): 035–072. Full article: [1].

Vernacular names

English: Gulper Shark
magyar: Nyelőcápa
português: Barroso, xara-branca