Seychelles gulper shark

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| name = Seychelles gulper shark

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pollom, R. |date=2019 |title=Centrophorus seychellorum |volume=2019 |page=e.T161417A124481302 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T161417A124481302.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Centrophorus

| species = seychellorum

| authority = Baranes, 2003

| range_map = Seychelles Gulper Shark Range.png

| range_map_caption = Known range of the Seychelles gulper shark (in blue)

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The Seychelles gulper shark (Centrophorus seychellorum) is a species of fish in the family Centrophoridae found in Alphonse island in Seychelles. This species is distinguished by having large tip of snout to first dorsal distance of 34% TL; first dorsal fin high (7% TL); second dorsal fin base long (9.8% TL); long snout (12.2% TL); uniformly grey with tip and the trailing edge of dorsal fins blackish.Baranes, A. (2003): Sharks from the Amirantes Islands, Seychelles, with a description of two new species of squaloids from the deep sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 49: 33-65. It is one of 11 described species in the genus Centrophorus.

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Seychelles gulper shark

Category:Fish of Seychelles

Seychelles gulper shark

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