Centrophorus uyato
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Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)
Squaliformes (Dogfish Sharks)
Centrophoridae (Gulper Sharks)
Centrophorus
Centrophorus uyato
Description
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Characters
Slender body; long, moderately slender snout; pectoral fins with narrowly expanded rear corners; moderately long and high caudal fin; snout longer than mouth width and about equal to distance from mouth to pectoral fin origin; anterior nasal flap short; bladelike teeth without cusplets forming interlocking cutting edge in both jaws; upper jaw with 36 to 39 tooth rows, lower jaw with 32 to 33; both dorsal fins preceded by a long, grooved spine; origin of first dorsal fin posterior to axil of pectoral fin; second dorsal fin nearly as high as first dorsal fin; posterior corner of pectoral fin expanded into narrow acute lobe; dermal denticles nonoverlapping and block-like with rhomboidal-shaped crowns without pedicels
Uniform grayish brown
Distribution
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical to warm temperate seas between 50 and 1,400 m
Biology
Squids and bony fishes
Maximum size is about 100 cm TL
Litters are thought to be limited to one young; males mature at about 81 to 94 cm TL, females mature at about 75 to 89 cm TL, and young are about 40 to 50 cm TL at birth
A common deepwater dogfish of the outer continental shelves and upper slopes, on or near the bottom. Adults feed on bony fishes and squid. Males mature by 80 cm TL (Ref. 94782). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Utilized dried salted for human consumption and probably for fishmeal and liver oil (Ref. 247).
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN), assessed 2024-02-27. Resilience: Very low (Fec=1).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish.
References
Bigelow and Schroeder 1957
Applegate et al. 1979
Castro 1983
Compagno 1984
McEachran and Branstetter 1984
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Compagno, L.J.V. (1984) FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO.
Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale (1989) Guide to the sharks and rays of southern Africa. New Holland (Publ.) Ltd., London. 158 p.
Reiner, F. (1996) Catálogo dos peixes do arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publ. Avuls. Inst. Port. Invest. Mar. 2:339 p.
White, W.T., D.A. Ebert and L.J.V. Compagno (2008) Description of two new species of gulper sharks, genus Centrophorus (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from Australia. pp. 1-21. In P.R. Last, W.T. White and J.J. Pogonoski (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. 365 p.
White, W.T., J. Guallart, D.A. Ebert, G.J.P. Naylor, A. Veríssi-Mo, C.F. Cotton, M. Harris, F. Serena and S.P. Iglésias (2022) Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 3 - Redescription of Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque) with a discussion of its complicated nomenclatural history. Zootaxa 5155(1):1-52.
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