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Portuguese Dogfish

Centroscymnus coelolepis

319Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb36
Mar32
Apr31
May26
Jun9
Jul15
Aug30
Sep63
Oct12
Nov18
Dec21

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

About this species

Records since 2000
319
Peak month
September
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Centroscymnus coelolepis
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
Somniosidae
Genus
Centroscymnus
Name with authority
Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864
Described
1864

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2323403 · GBIF 2421147