humans. Gulper sharks reach maturity at around age 12 to 16 years for females, and age 7 to 8 years for males. The maturity of a gulper shark can be determined...
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Sharks portal The dwarf gulper shark (Centrophorus atromarginatus) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. The maximum total length recorded for the...
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Draughtsboard shark Dumb gulper shark Dusky catshark Dusky shark Dusky smooth-hound Dusky snout catshark Dwarf catshark Dwarf false catshark Dwarf gulper shark Dwarf...
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Sharks portal The dumb gulper shark (Centrophorus harrissoni) is a rare and endangered deepwater dogfish, found along the east coast of Australia and...
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The leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. C. squamosus is reported to have a lifespan of approximately...
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bull shark, tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin...
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gulper shark or endeavour dogfish, (Centrophorus moluccensis) is a medium-sized deepwater dogfish in the family Centrophoridae. The smallfin gulper has...
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Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), also known as the gurry shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely...
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The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is a species of ground shark, and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo and family Galeocerdonidae. It is...
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Sharks portal The western gulper shark (Centrophorus westraliensis) is a species of squaliform shark discovered in 2008. The species had previously been...
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Squalidae (redirect from Dogfish shark)
Centrophoridae – gulper sharks Dalatiidae – kite-fin sharks Echinorhinidae – bramble sharks Etmopteridae – lantern sharks Oxynotidae – rough sharks Somniosidae...
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Sharks portal The little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato) is a small, deepwater dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. The little gulper shark has no anal...
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The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) is a species of shark from the family Carcharhinidae, known for its yellowish color, which inspires its common...
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The blue shark (Prionace glauca), also known as the great blue shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae and the only member of...
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Sharks portal The Seychelles gulper shark (Centrophorus seychellorum) is a species of fish in the family Centrophoridae found in Alphonse island in Seychelles...
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cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis), also called the cigar shark, is a species of small squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae. This shark lives in...
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Sharks portal The lowfin gulper shark (Centrophorus lusitanicus) is a large deepwater dogfish in the family Centrophoridae. The lowfin gulper shark has...
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The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could...
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The nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is an elasmobranch fish in the family Ginglymostomatidae. The conservation status of the nurse shark is globally...
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The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body...
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The mosaic gulper shark (Centrophorus tessellatus) is a small rare deepwater dogfish, found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan and the Hawaiian...
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Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes /ɒrɛkˈtɒləbɪfɔːrmiːz/. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many...
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Centrophoridae (category Shark families)
family of squaliform sharks. The family contains just two genera and about 15 species. They are sometimes called gulper sharks, but this is also the...
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Squaliformes (redirect from Shark taxonomy Order Squaliformes)
Centrophoridae Bleeker, 1859 (gulper sharks) Genus Centrophorus Genus Deania Family Dalatiidae (J. E. Gray, 1851) (kitefin sharks) Genus Euprotomicroides Genus...
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Bonnethead (redirect from Bonnethead shark)
bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae...
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Spiny dogfish (redirect from Spiny Dogfish Shark)
acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes...
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Cow sharks are a shark family, the Hexanchidae, characterized by an additional pair or pairs of gill slits. Its 37 species are placed within the 10 genera:...
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The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae...
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Wobbegong (redirect from Wobbegong Shark)
Wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters...
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