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Leafscale Gulper Shark
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Leafscale Gulper Shark

Centrophorus squamosus

The leafscale gulper shark, Centrophorus squamosus, is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. C. squamosus is reported to have a lifespan of approximately 70 years, based on otolith ring counts. It was the first described species in the genus Centrophorus, which now contains 13 species.

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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 96925.