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Blackfin gulper shark

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Blackfin gulper shark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species:
C. isodon
Binomial name
Centrophorus isodon
Range of blackfin gulper shark (in blue)

The blackfin gulper shark (Centrophorus isodon) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae in the Northwest Pacific.[2]

Commercial uses

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Threats are not entirely clear but they may be bycatching from deepwater trawling and line fisheries and may also be used for cod liver oil and fish meal.

References

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  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K. (2020). "Centrophorus isodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44563A124432455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44563A124432455.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Centrophorus isodon". FishBase. May 2006 version.
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