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Leafscale gulper shark
Centrophorus squamosus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Leafscale gulper shark
- Scientific
- Centrophorus squamosus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sharks
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.6 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 145 to 2400 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2024
Description
A large gulper shark, dark grey or chocolate brown, with rough, leaf-like skin denticles and a long, low first dorsal fin, reaching about 1.6 m. It lives near the bottom on deep slopes, from about 150 to 2,400 m.
In the Maldives
Sharks are fully protected in the Maldives (since 2010).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Centrophorus-squamosus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Centrophorus_squamosus_distmap.png
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.