Description

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Common Names

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قِرش حزين فُسَيفِساء , Arabic , Saudi Arabia

Mozaïekzwelghaai , Dutch , Netherlands

Mosaic gulper shark , English , Hawaii

Mosaic gulper shark , English , Global

Mosaiik-astelhai , Estonian , Estonia

Requin chagrin mosaÏque , French , French Polynesia

Requin chagrin mosaique , French , French Polynesia

Squale-chagrin mosaïque , French , Global

Genrokuzame , Japanese , Japan

鋸齒刺鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China

锯刺刺鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

锯齿刺鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Quelvacho mosaico , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Squaliformes

Family: Centrophoridae

Genus: Centrophorus

Species: Centrophorus tessellatus Garman, 1906

Climate Zone

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benthopelagic

Location

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Northwest Pacific: southeastern Honshu, Japan. Eastern Central Pacific: French Polynesia and Hawaiian Islands.

Biology

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A little-known gulper shark of the insular slopes. Apparently rare. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).

Habitat

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benthopelagic