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Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae Gulper sharks

Genus: Deania

(See list of species below)


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4 species (see list below)

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Photo by Gomez, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 122 cm TL
Deania calcea (Lowe, 1839)

Photo by Gomez, R.
 
Deania calcea
[Birdbeak dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 109 cm TL
Deania hystricosa (Garman, 1906)

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Deania hystricosa
[Rough longnose dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 79 cm TL
Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Deania profundorum
[Arrowhead dogfish]

Photo by FAO

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 115 cm TL
Deania quadrispinosa (McCulloch, 1915)

Photo by FAO
 
Deania quadrispinosa
[Longsnout dogfish]
4 Species of Family Centrophoridae with Genus Deania
(Gulper sharks)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1839 Deania calcea Birdbeak dogfish Eastern Atlantic 122 TL
1906 Deania hystricosa Rough longnose dogfish Northeast Atlantic 109 TL
1912 Deania profundorum Arrowhead dogfish Northwest Atlantic 79 TL
1915 Deania quadrispinosa Longsnout dogfish Southeast Atlantic 115 TL



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