- Little gulper shark
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Little gulper shark Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Squalidae Genus: Squalus Species: S. uyato Binomial name Squalus uyato
Rafinesque, 1810
Range of little gulper shark (in blue) Synonyms Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1810)
The little gulper shark, Squalus uyato, is a small, deepwater dogfish of the family Squalidae.
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Physical characteristics
The little gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, slightly humped back before the first dorsal fin, darker areas of coloration above gills and on dorsal fins, long free rear tips on pectoral fins, and a notched caudal fin.
Distribution
The little gulper shark lives in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the eastern Atlantic from Spain south to the Cape of Good Hope, the Mediterranean west of Sicily, the western Indian Ocean around Mozambique, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal around India, and possibly Taiwan.
Habits and habitat
The little gulper is a common dogfish and lives near the bottom between 50 and 1,400 m. They are ovoviviparous with usually only one pup per litter. They eat bony fish and squid.
References
- "Centrophorus uyato". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160637. Retrieved 23 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Squalus uyato" in FishBase. February 2011 version. (FB species reference
- FAO Species Catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2 Sharks of the World
- Pogonoski, J. & Pollard, D. 2003. Centrophorus cf. uyato. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Squalidae
- Animals described in 1810
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