Centrophorus acus

Centrophorus acus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Squaliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Squalomorphii Ordo: Squaliformes

Familia: Centrophoridae
Genus: Centrophorus
Species: Centrophorus acus

Name

Centrophorus acus (Garman, 1906)

Synonyms

• Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, 1907
• Centrophorus drygalskii Engelhardt, 1912

Range

Northeast Pacific: Japan
Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico

References

• Garman, S. 1906. New Plagiostomia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 203-208
• Engelhardt, R. 1912. Über einige neue Selachier-Formen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 39: 643–648. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Needle dogfish