Centrophorus

{{Short description|Genus of sharks}}

{{About|the genus of squaliform sharks|the genus of ciliates|Kentrophoros}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|94|0}} Turonian to present{{cite journal

|last=Sepkoski

|first=Jack

|title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)

|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology

|volume=364

|page=560

|date=2002

|url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class

|access-date=2008-01-09

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510170834/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class

|archive-date=2012-05-10

}}

| image = Centrophorus granulosus.jpg

| image_caption = Gulper shark, Centrophorus granulosus

| taxon = Centrophorus

| authority = J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Centrophorus is a genus of squaliform sharks. These deep-water sharks, found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, are characterized by grey or brown bodies, large green eyes, and spines on both dorsal fins. These spines give them their name, from Greek {{langr|el|κεντρον}}, kentron meaning "thorn" and φέρειν, pherein meaning "to bear".

The genus is present in the fossil record from the Paleocene (C. squamosus) onwards.