Best Centrophoridae
The Portuguese shark, scientifically classified as Centroscymnus coelolepis, is a species of deepwater sleeper shark recognized for inhabiting extreme ocean depths. It holds the distinction of being the deepest-living shark species currently recorded, with verified specimens found down to 3,675 mete...
Gulper Shark (Centrophorus granulosus) is a vulnerable deep-water shark heavily exploited for its squalene-rich liver oil used in cosmetics, found in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
Leafscale Gulper Shark (Centrophorus squamosus) is a deep-water shark named for its distinctive leaf-shaped dermal denticles, listed as vulnerable due to slow reproduction and fishing pressure.
The little gulper shark is Centrophorus uyato, a deepwater dogfish notable for one of the lowest reproductive rates among sharks, often one pup per litter.
Birdbeak Dogfish (Deania calcea) is a deep-water shark of family Centrophoridae named for its distinctively long, flattened, rostrum-like snout, distributed across the Atlantic and Pacific.
Centrophorus moluccensis, a gulper shark of the Indo-Pacific found at 125–820 m, distinguished from close relatives by comparatively small, narrow pectoral fins.
Centrophorus tessellatus, a rarely recorded gulper shark of the Indo-Pacific, named for the mosaic-like arrangement of its dermal denticles and known from only scattered specimens.
