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Centroscyllium
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Centroscyllium

Centroscyllium is a genus of big-eyed, deepwater dogfishes with no anal fin, a grey or black-brown body, and dorsal spines, with the second one being much larger than the first. Seven extant species are described.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Black Dogfish

speciesCentroscyllium fabricii

Granular Dogfish

speciesCentroscyllium granulatum

Bareskin Dogfish

speciesCentroscyllium kamoharai

Whitefin Dogfish

speciesCentroscyllium ritteri

Combtooth Dogfish

speciesCentroscyllium nigrum

Highfin Dogfish

speciesCentroscyllium excelsum

Ornate Dogfish

speciesCentroscyllium ornatum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87290.