Family CENTROPHORIDAE

holotype of Deania quadrispinosa

© Copyright from McCulloch 1915

Centrophorus moluccensis based on holotype of Centrophorus scalpratus

© Copyright from McCulloch 1915

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Introduction

The family Centrophoridae currently comprises two genera and about 17 species (Last & Stevens 2009). Both genera and eight species are found in Australian waters. Species are normally found near the bottom on the continental shelf and slope of all oceans. Maximum size is around 1.6 m.

Last & Stevens (1994, 2009), Compagno & Niem (1998) and Compagno et al. (2005) treated the Australian species and Compagno (1984) treated all described species. However, several taxonomic problems still exist, particularly with Centrophorus. White et al2013 revised one group of Centrophorus. The classification of the group has varied considerably in the literature. Compagno (1984) assigned Oxynotus, which had been included in the family to a separate family, and Shirai (1992) presented a different classification for the group.

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249.

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp.

Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Hexanchidae, Echinorhinidae, Squalidae. pp. 1208-1232 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp.

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.

Shirai, S. 1992. Squalean Phylogeny. A new framework of "squaloid" sharks and related taxa. Sapporo : Hokkaido University Press 151 pp.

White, W.T., Ebert, D.A., Naylor, G.J.P., Ho, H-C., Clerkin, P., Veríssimo, A. & Cotton, C.F. 2013. Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 1—Redescription of Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider), a senior synonym of C. acus Garman and C. niaukang Teng. Zootaxa 3752(1): 35-72

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