WoRMS taxon details
Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860
215598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215598)
accepted
Species
Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)
Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1860). Elfde bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 5): 1-14. [details]
Description A common deepwater dogfish of the outer continental shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on bony fish, including lanternfish,...
Description A common deepwater dogfish of the outer continental shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on bony fish, including lanternfish, bramids, carangids, worm-eels, bonito, hairtails, oilfishes, as well as other sharks, squids, octopi, shrimps, and tunicates. Ovoviviparous, number of young 2 per litter. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215598 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1860). Elfde bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 5): 1-14. [details]
original description (of Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915) McCulloch, A. R. (1915). Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia, Part III. <em>Biological Results Endeavour.</em> v. 3 (pt 3): 97-170, Pls. 13-37. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915) McCulloch, A. R. (1915). Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia, Part III. <em>Biological Results Endeavour.</em> v. 3 (pt 3): 97-170, Pls. 13-37. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 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
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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]
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. Feeds on bony fish, including lanternfish, bramids, carangids, worm-eels, bonito, hairtails, oilfishes, as well as other sharks, squids, octopi, shrimps, and tunicates. Ovoviviparous, number of young 2 per litter. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus moluccensis)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus moluccensis)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
