Dwarf gulper shark
Kingdom
Phylum
Order
Genus
SPECIES
Centrophorus atromarginatus
Length
87
34
cminch
cm inch 

The dwarf gulper shark (Centrophorus atromarginatus) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Gulf of Aden, Japan, Taiwan, and northern Papua New Guinea.As a Squaliform, Centrophorus atromarginatus has high amounts of Squalene in its liver, and it is fished for this resource. It is a deep-water fish, whose habitat is in bathydemersal waters.

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is in bathydemersal waters.

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Biome

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Dwarf gulper shark
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References

1. Dwarf gulper shark Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_gulper_shark
2. Dwarf gulper shark on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161384/124474968

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