Centroscyllium

Centroscyllium
Black dogfish, Centroscyllium fabricii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Centroscyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
Species
See text.

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Centroscyllium is a genus of big-eyed deepwater dogfishes with no anal fin, a grey or black-brown body, and dorsal spines, with the second one being much larger than the first. There are seven extant species.

Species

• Centroscyllium excelsum Shirai & Nakaya, 1990 (Highfin dogfish)
• Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825) (Black dogfish)
• Centroscyllium granulatum Günther, 1887 (Granular dogfish)
• Centroscyllium kamoharai Abe, 1966 (Bareskin dogfish)
• Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899 (Combtooth dogfish)
• Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889) (Ornate dogfish)
• Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (Whitefin dogfish)

References

• "Centroscyllium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160701. Retrieved 4 May 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Centroscyllium in FishBase. February 2011 version.