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Dumb gulper shark

Dumb gulper shark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species:
C. harrissoni
Binomial name
Centrophorus harrissoni
McCulloch, 1915
Range of dumb gulper shark (in blue)

The dumb gulper shark (Centrophorus harrissoni) is a rare and endangered deepwater dogfish, found along the east coast of Australia and in isolated spots north and west of New Zealand. It is also known as the dumb shark, Harrison's deep-sea dogfish, or Harrison's dogfish.[1]

  1. ^ a b Finucci, B.; Cheok, J.; Cotton, C.F.; Kulka, D.W.; Neat, F.C.; Rigby, C.L.; Tanaka, S.; Walker, T.I. (2020). "Centrophorus harrissoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T41740A68614118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T41740A68614118.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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