Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Squaliformes > Centrophoridae > Centrophorus > Centrophorus granulosus

Centrophorus granulosus (Rough shark; Gulper shark)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus) is a long and slender dogfish usually about three feet in length generally found in deep, murky waters all around the world. It is a light grayish brown, paler ventrally, with a long snout and large greenish eyes. This deep water shark has two dorsal fins with long, grooved spines and the second dorsal fin smaller than the first. Its upper teeth are blade-like and lower have finely serrated edges. This tertiary consumer feeds on mainly fish such as bony fish, but also cephalopods such as squid and other invertebrates like crustaceans. The gulper shark is currently a vulnerable species mainly because of exploitation by humans and their abnormally long gestation period and low fecundity, preventing their population from recovering.
View Wikipedia Record: Centrophorus granulosus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Centrophorus granulosus

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  12 years 2 months
Litter Size [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  25 years

Prey / Diet

Latimeria chalumnae (Coelacanth)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bilocularia hyperapolitica <Unverified Name>[3]
Eudactylina valei[4]
Grillotia scolecina[4]
Sphyriocephalus viridis[4]
Squalonchocotyle centrophori[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
4Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0