WoRMS taxon details
Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
105899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105899)
accepted
Species
Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906 · unaccepted
Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959 · unaccepted (synonym)
Centrophorus robustus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1985 · unaccepted (synonym)
Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]
Description A common deepwater dogfish of the outer continental shelves and upper slopes, commonest below 200 m. Ovoviviparous. Feeds...
Description A common deepwater dogfish of the outer continental shelves and upper slopes, commonest below 200 m. Ovoviviparous. Feeds on hake, epigonids and lanternfish. Smoked and dried salted for huma consumption; also processed for fishmeal and liver oil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105899 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus robustus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1985) Deng, S.-M.; Xiong, G.-Q.; Zhan, H.-X. (1985). Two new species of deep water sharks from the East China Sea. <em>Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.</em> 10(1): 102-106 [In Chinese, English summary.]. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912) Engelhardt, R. (1912). Über einige neue Selachier-Formen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 39 (nos 21/22): 643-648. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906) Garman, S. (1906). New Plagiostomia. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 46 (no. 11): 203-208. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907) Pietschmann, V. (1907). Zwei neue Selachier aus Japan. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 44(20): 394-396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62406443#page/952/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906) Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562643 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959) Teng, H.-T. (1959). Studies on the elasmobranch fishes from Formosa. Part VI. A new species of deep sea shark (Centrophorus niaukang) from Formosa. <em>Report - Laboratory of Fishery Biology, Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute.</em> 9: 1-6, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Centrophorus robustus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1985) Deng, S.-M.; Xiong, G.-Q.; Zhan, H.-X. (1985). Two new species of deep water sharks from the East China Sea. <em>Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.</em> 10(1): 102-106 [In Chinese, English summary.]. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912) Engelhardt, R. (1912). Über einige neue Selachier-Formen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 39 (nos 21/22): 643-648. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906) Garman, S. (1906). New Plagiostomia. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 46 (no. 11): 203-208. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907) Pietschmann, V. (1907). Zwei neue Selachier aus Japan. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 44(20): 394-396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62406443#page/952/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906) Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562643 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959) Teng, H.-T. (1959). Studies on the elasmobranch fishes from Formosa. Part VI. A new species of deep sea shark (Centrophorus niaukang) from Formosa. <em>Report - Laboratory of Fishery Biology, Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute.</em> 9: 1-6, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A common deepwater dogfish of the outer continental shelves and upper slopes, commonest below 200 m. Ovoviviparous. Feeds on hake, epigonids and lanternfish. Smoked and dried salted for huma consumption; also processed for fishmeal and liver oil. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshkaqeni kokërrzorpeshkaqeni gllabërues | [details] |
| Dutch | ruwe zwelghaai | [details] |
| English | gulper shark | [details] |
| French | squale-chagrin commun | [details] |
| German | Schlinghairauher Schlingerhairauer Dornhai | [details] |
| Hebrew | קוצן מגובשש | [details] |
| Japanese | ニアウカンザメ [from synonym]タロウザメ [from synonym]ウロコアイザメ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | rudasis trumpadyglis ryklys | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | ΚοκοκεντροφόροςΚοκκοκεντροφόρος | [details] |
| Polish | koleń kewaczo | [details] |
| Spanish | quelvacho | [details] |
| Turkish | obur mahmuzlu camgözobur mahmuzlu camgozköpek balığıkopek baligicamgözcamgoz | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (130 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus acus) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus granulosus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus niaukang) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus robustus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1985)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3125645) (from synonym Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (130 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus acus) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus granulosus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus niaukang) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus robustus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1985)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Centrophorus acus Garman, 1906)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Centrophorus niaukang Teng, 1959)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3125645) (from synonym Centrophorus bragancae Regan, 1906)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
