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Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860

Smallfin gulper shark
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Australia country information

Common names: Dogshark, Endeavour dogfish, Endeavour dogfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia (Ref. 6871). Rare off southern Australia (Ref. 6871). Reports from Tasmania and the Great Australian Bight need validation (Ref. 6871). Most abundant in 300-500 m (Ref. 6871). Sometimes caught by trawlers but of little commercial interest (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 247, 7300, 31367, 127228.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Squale-chagrin cagaou, Quelvacho de aleta corta, قِرش حزين صغير الأجنحة, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks)
Etymology: Centrophorus: centr[um] (L.), prickle or sharp point; phorus, from phoreus (Gr.), bearer or carrier, referring to grooved spines on dorsal fins. (See ETYFish);  moluccensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, type locality. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 125 - 823 m (Ref. 247).   Deep-water; 32°N - 40°S, 34°E - 171°E (Ref. 54313)

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