Centroscyllium granulatum

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Overview

Family : Sleeper sharks ; A poorly known deepwater shark caught at a depth of 448 m [1].

Common Names

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Description

Family Dalatiidae

Distribution: Antarctic to Arctic , Northern and Southern Hemisperes, coastal and oceanic . Includes four subfamilies (Etmopterinae, Somniosinae, Oxynotinae, and Dalatiinae). Except in Etmopterinae , most members without spines in dorsal fin; luminous organs present (except in Somniosus pacificus), appearing as black dots mainly on ventral surface. Etmopterinae has grooved spines in both dorsal fins, caudal fin with subterminal notch . Oxynotinae has very high, and compressed body, triangular in cross section ; dorsal fins very high, each with a spine[2]. The subfamilies are sometimes separated as independent families by various authors : Oxynotidae[1]; Somniosidae (dorsal fins without spines, first dorsal fin originating in front of pelvic fins but much closer to pectoral fins) and Etmopteridae (dorsal fin with spines, teeth with prominent central cusp flanked by one or two smaller cusplets )[3] . Dalatiidae has dorsal fins without spines, first dorsal fin originating in front of pelvic fins but much closer to pelvic fins[3].The family Dalatiidae belongs to the Class Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) and the Order Squaliformes. It contains 18 genera and 49 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are bearers. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Etymology of this family name : Greek, dalos, -ou = torch

Habitat

Biome: Saltwater . Bathypelagic.

Ecology: A poorly known deepwater shark . Compagno (in prep. a) notes that the species has been recorded at 400 to 448 m depth on the upper continental slope . The holotype was taken at 448 m (Günther 1887). Recorded in the Chilean deep-sea shrimp fishery at depths of 300 to 500 m (Acuña and Villaroel 2002). Lamilla (2003) reports a maximum size of 61.5 cm total length (TL ); size at birth 13 cm TL; minimum size of mature males 31 cm TL; and, a maximum fecundity of 16. Nothing else known of its biology .[4]


List of Habitats :10.1Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Compagno L.J.V., Data last modified by FishBase 27-Oct-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Centroscyllium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. excelsum (Highfin Dogfish) · C. fabricci · C. fabrici · C. fabricii (Black Dogfish) · C. granulatum (Granular Dogfish) · C. nigrum · C. kamoharai (Bareskin Dogfish) · C. nigrum (Pacific Black Dogfish) · C. ornatum (Ornate Dogfish) · C. retteri · C. ritteri (Whitefin Dogfish) · C. ruscosum

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Further Reading

• A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea fishes in the Indian Museum: being a revised account of the deep-sea fishes collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship Investigator / by A. Alcock. Calcutta: Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1899. ENG url p. 14.
• Acuña, E. and Villaroel, J.C. 2002. Bycatch of sharks and rays in the deep sea crustacean fishery off the Chilean coast. Shark News 14: 16-18.
• Acuña, E. and Villaroel, J.C. 2002. Bycatch of sharks and rays in the deep sea crustacean fishery off the Chilean coast. Shark News 14:16.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 375.
• Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop., (125) Vol. 4(1).
• Compagno, L.J.V. In prep. a. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the shark species known to date. Volume 1. (Hexanchiformes, Squaliformes, Squatiniformes and Pristiophoriformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes No. 1, Vol.1. FAO, Rome.
• Compagno, Leonard J. V. 1984. Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy.
• Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter (1994). SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Fritzsch, B. and P. Moller (1995). A history of electroreception. p. 39-55. In P. Moller, Electric Fishes: history and behavior. Fish and Fisheries series 17. Chapman & Hall, London.
• Günther, A. 1887. Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Rep. Sci. Res. Voy. H.M.S. Challenger 22 (57).
• Günther, A. 1887. Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Rep. Sci. Res. Voy. H.M.S. Challenger 22 (57).
• Lamilla, J.F. 2003. Life history of deepsea Chilean Chondrichthyes. Conservation and Management of Deepsea Chondrichthyan Fishes. University of Otago, Portobello Marine Laboratory, New Zealand. 27–29 November 2003. Poster presentation.
• Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zo©logy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1938. ENG url p. 11, p. 233.
• Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containi by George Brown Goode and Tar Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1895. ENG url p. 11.
• Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.

Notes

Contributors

• Acuña, E. & Kyne, P.M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Acuña, E. & Kyne, P.M. 2004. Centroscyllium granulatum. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
• Compagno, Leonard J.V. (from FishBase).
• FishBase 2006.
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Shark Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2489483
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29324
• Fishbase Species ID: 657
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 160705
• IUCN ID: 44567
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106166

Footnotes

1. Compagno, L.J.V. (1984). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. (125, Vol. 4, Part 1), 249 p. [back]
2. Wheeler, A. (1977). Das grosse Buch der Fische. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co. Stuttgart. 356 p. [back]
3. Ebert, D.A. (2003). Sharks, rays and chimaeras of California. California Natural History Guides No. 71. University of California Press, 284pp. [back]
4. Acuña, E. & Kyne, P.M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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