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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.
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.
