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Leafscale Gulper Shark

Centrophorus squamosus

724Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan43
Feb53
Mar91
Apr142
May72
Jun34
Jul40
Aug39
Sep81
Oct49
Nov30
Dec50

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
724
Peak month
April
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Centrophorus squamosus
Also known as
Deepwater Spiny Dogfish, Leafscale Gulper Shark, Nilson's Deepsea Dogfish
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), OSPAR list, Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Squaliformes
Family
Centrophoridae
Genus
Centrophorus
Name with authority
Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Described
1788
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2165509 · GBIF 5216430