WoRMS taxon details
Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
105901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105901)
accepted
Species
Centrophorus ferrugineus Meng, Hu & Li, 1982 · unaccepted (synonym)
Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877 · unaccepted
Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930 · unaccepted
Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924 · unaccepted
Encheiridiodon hendersoni Smith, 1967 · unaccepted
Lepidorhinus hinbei Tanaka, 1918 · unaccepted
Lepidorhinus kinbei Tanaka, 1918 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lepidorhinus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788) · unaccepted
Lepidorphinus foliaceus (Günther, 1877) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868 · unaccepted
Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details] 
Description A large, deepwater dogfish of the continental slopes. Rare above 1000 m depth in the eastern Atlantic. Also found...
Description A large, deepwater dogfish of the continental slopes. Rare above 1000 m depth in the eastern Atlantic. Also found pelagically between the surface and 1250 m. Ovoviviparous, with number of young 5 per litter. Utilized dried salted for human consumption and for fishmeal. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105901 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus ferrugineus Meng, Hu & Li, 1982) Chu, Y.-T.; Meng, Q.-W.; Hu, A.-S.; Li, S. (1982). Five new species of elasmobranchiate fishes from the deep waters of South China Sea. <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> v. 13 (no. 4): 301-311. [In Chinese and English. First author is same as Zhu Yuanding (= Y.-D. Zhu). [details]
original description (of Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; von Bonde, C. (1924). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part II). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> 3 (7): 1-24, Pls. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682260 [details]
original description (of Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868) Johnson, J. Y. (1868). Description of a new genus of Spinacidae, founded upon a shark obtained at Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(3): 713-715., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534153#page/735/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Encheiridiodon hendersoni Smith, 1967) Smith, J. L. B. (1967). A new squalid shark from South Africa with notes on the rare Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist. <em>Occasional Papers of the Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 11: 117-136, Pls. 24-29. [details]
original description (of Lepidorhinus hinbei Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Two new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> 30(353): 99-100 [In Japanese. English translation by K. Matsubara in files at Calif. Acad. Sciences.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10209486 [details]
original description (of Lepidorhinus kinbei Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Two new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> 30(353): 99-100 [In Japanese. English translation by K. Matsubara in files at Calif. Acad. Sciences.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10209486 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930) Thompson, E. F. (1930). New records of the genera Centrophorus and Hoplichthys in New Zealand. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> 3: 275-279, Pls. 42-44. [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 ferrugineus Meng, Hu & Li, 1982) Chu, Y.-T.; Meng, Q.-W.; Hu, A.-S.; Li, S. (1982). Five new species of elasmobranchiate fishes from the deep waters of South China Sea. <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> v. 13 (no. 4): 301-311. [In Chinese and English. First author is same as Zhu Yuanding (= Y.-D. Zhu). [details]
original description (of Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; von Bonde, C. (1924). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part II). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> 3 (7): 1-24, Pls. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682260 [details]
original description (of Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868) Johnson, J. Y. (1868). Description of a new genus of Spinacidae, founded upon a shark obtained at Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(3): 713-715., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534153#page/735/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Encheiridiodon hendersoni Smith, 1967) Smith, J. L. B. (1967). A new squalid shark from South Africa with notes on the rare Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist. <em>Occasional Papers of the Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 11: 117-136, Pls. 24-29. [details]
original description (of Lepidorhinus hinbei Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Two new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> 30(353): 99-100 [In Japanese. English translation by K. Matsubara in files at Calif. Acad. Sciences.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10209486 [details]
original description (of Lepidorhinus kinbei Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Two new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> 30(353): 99-100 [In Japanese. English translation by K. Matsubara in files at Calif. Acad. Sciences.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10209486 [details]
original description (of Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930) Thompson, E. F. (1930). New records of the genera Centrophorus and Hoplichthys in New Zealand. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> 3: 275-279, Pls. 42-44. [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A large, deepwater dogfish of the continental slopes. Rare above 1000 m depth in the eastern Atlantic. Also found pelagically between the surface and 1250 m. Ovoviviparous, with number of young 5 per litter. Utilized dried salted for human consumption and for fishmeal. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | schubzwelghaai | [details] |
| English | leafscale gulper shark | [details] |
| French | squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique | [details] |
| German | blattschuppiger SchlingerhaiBlattschuppen-Schlingerhai | [details] |
| Hebrew | קוצן | [details] |
| Japanese | モミジザメ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | pilkasis trumpadyglis ryklys | [details] |
| Polish | koleń czerwony | [details] |
| Russian | Серая короткошипая акула | [details] |
| Spanish | quelvacho negro | [details] |
| Turkish | köpekbalığı | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (60 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Centrophorus ferrugineus Meng, Hu & Li, 1982)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepidorhinus kinbei Tanaka, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lepidorhinus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus squamosus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorphinus foliaceus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorhinus kinbei Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Encheiridiodon hendersoni Smith, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorhinus hinbei Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorhinus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus ferrugineus Meng, Hu & Li, 1982)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 91 proteins) (from synonym Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3109751) (from synonym Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877)
To NHMUK collection (Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3135400) (from synonym Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centrophorus squamosus RAD100040-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centrophorus squamosus RAD100040-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (60 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Centrophorus ferrugineus Meng, Hu & Li, 1982)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepidorhinus kinbei Tanaka, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lepidorhinus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrophorus squamosus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorphinus foliaceus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorhinus kinbei Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Encheiridiodon hendersoni Smith, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorhinus hinbei Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidorhinus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus ferrugineus Meng, Hu & Li, 1982)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus nilsoni Thompson, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 91 proteins) (from synonym Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3109751) (from synonym Centrophorus foliaceus Günther, 1877)
To NHMUK collection (Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3135400) (from synonym Machephilus dumerili Johnson, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centrophorus squamosus RAD100040-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centrophorus squamosus RAD100040-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
