Seychelles gulper shark | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Centrophoridae |
Genus: | Centrophorus |
Species: | C. seychellorum
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Binomial name | |
Centrophorus seychellorum
Baranes, 2003
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Known range of the Seychelles gulper shark (in blue) |
The Seychelles gulper shark (Centrophorus seychellorum) is a species of fish in the family Centrophoridae found in Alphonse island in Seychelles. [1] This species is distinguished by having large tip of snout to first dorsal distance of 34% TL; first dorsal fin high (7% TL); second dorsal fin base long (9.8% TL); long snout (12.2% TL); uniformly grey with tip and the trailing edge of dorsal fins blackish. [2] It is one of 11 described species in the genus Centrophorus.