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Blackfin gulper shark

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Kingdom
  
Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Genus
  
Centrophorus

Higher classification
  
Centrophorus

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Similar
  
Smallfin gulper shark, Mosaic gulper shark, Longsnout dogfish, Ornate dogfish, Bareskin dogfish

The blackfin gulper shark, Centrophorus isodon, is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae in the Northwest Pacific. Threats are not entirely clear but they may be bycatching from deepwater trawling and line fisheries and may also be used for cod liver oil and fish meal.

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Blackfin gulper shark Wikipedia