FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

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Squalidae 1223
Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913
En - Blackfin gulper shark.
Maximum total length at least 87 cm. A little-known deep-water dogfish, often confused with
Centrophorus granulosus, from the upper continental slopes from 183 to at least 450 m. Probably
taken in bottom trawls. Described from Japan (Suruga Gulf); also known from Taiwan Province of
China, northern Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Aden.
Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
En -Gulpershark;Fr - Squale-chagrin commun; Sp - Quelvacho.
Maximum total length at least 96 cm. On the outer continental shelves and slopes near the bottom
in depths from 100 to 1 200 m. Feeds mainly on bony fishes. Mode of utilization and fishing gear
uncertain. Western North Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico), eastern Atlantic from France to South Africa, the
Mediterranean Sea, western Indian Ocean (South Africa, Mozambique, and Aldabra Islands) and
the western Pacific from Japan, Papua New Guinea, and tropical Australia.
Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860
En - Smallfin gulper shark; Fr - Squale-chagrin cagaou; Sp - Quelvacho de aleta corta.
Maximum total length about 1 m. On the outer continental shelves and upper slopes at depths from
130 to 820 m. Bottom-dwelling; feeds primarily on bony fishes, as well as other dogfish sharks,
cephalopods, and shrimps. Probably taken in bottom trawls; utilized at least for fishmeal. Western
Indian Ocean from South Africa to Mozambique, India, and western Pacific from Japan to Indonesia
(Amboina), the Philippines, New Caledonia, and Australia.