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Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. A small, slender gulper shark with a long, narrow snout, a short-based 1st dorsal fin and a very small 2nd dorsal fin; pectoral rear tips elongated; denticles small and flat (Ref. 5578). Grayish brown dorsally, paler ventrally; fin of juveniles dark, with pale edges (Ref. 6577).

Common Names

  • قِرش حزين صغير الأجنحة , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Cucut botol , Bahasa Indonesia , Indonesia
  • Hiu senget , Bali , Indonesia
  • Hiu taji , Bali , Indonesia
  • Kleinvinzwelghaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Arrowspine dogfish , English , India
  • Dogshark , English , Australia
  • Endeavour dogfish , English , Australia
  • Endeavour dogfish , English , Malaysia
  • Smallfin gulper shark , English , Australia
  • Smallfin gulper shark , English , Malaysia
  • Smallfin gulper shark , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Smallfin gulper shark , English , Global
  • Smallfin gulpershark , English , Malaysia
  • Southern dogfish , English , Australia
  • Väikeuim-astelhai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Requin chagrin cagaou , French , French Polynesia
  • Squale-chagrin cagaou , French , Global
  • Okinawa yajiri zame , Japanese , Japan
  • Okinawa-yajirizame , Japanese , Japan
  • Hiu botol danten , Javanese , Indonesia
  • Yu duri , Malay , Malaysia
  • Yu minyak , Malay , Malaysia
  • 南澳刺鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 南澳刺鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小鰭刺鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小鳍刺鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小鳍刺鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 皱皮尖鳍鲛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 皺皮尖鰭鮫 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • Lixa barbatana curta , Portuguese , Mozambique
  • Quelvacho de aleta corta , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Squaliformes

    Family: Centrophoridae

    Genus: Centrophorus

    Species: Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Indian Ocean: southern Mozambique and off Natal, South Africa (Ref. 5578); India (Ref. 31367). Western Pacific: Japan (Okinawa), Indonesia (Ambon), Philippines (Ref. 31367), Australia, New Hebrides, and New Caledonia.

    • Biology

    Found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes, on or near the bottom (Ref. 247). Feeds on bony fish, as well as other dogfish sharks, squid, octopus, shrimp, and tunicates (Ref. 247). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Utilized as fishmeal (Ref. 31367), for its meat, fins (low value) and liver oil (very high value) (Ref.58048).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal