Wrinkles

Wrinkles
Leaf-scale snake shark ( Centrophorus squamosus )
Systematics
Subclass : Euselachii Subclass : Plate gill (Elasmobranchii) without rank: Sharks (selachii) Superordinate : Squalomorphii Order : Spiny dogfish (Squaliformes) Family : Wrinkles
Scientific name
Centrophoridae
Bleeker , 1859

The Schlingerhaie (Centrophoridae) (Greek, kentron = thorn, pherein = carry) are a family of the dogfish-like (Squaliformes) to which two genera and 17 species belong. They live in all tropical and warm temperate oceans on the continental shelf and over the continental slopes and are only absent in the eastern Pacific.

features

They are small sharks that grow to be 80 to 160 centimeters long. They have a grooved spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins. One anal fin is missing. The tail fin stalk has no lateral keels. The teeth of the upper jaw are smaller than those of the lower jaw.

They live worldwide, mostly above the shelf of islands and continents in temperate, subtropical and tropical seas, but are absent in the eastern Pacific . The Centrophoridae are viviparous ( ovoviviparous ).

species

Harrison's Great Striker ( Centrophorus harrissoni )

Mosaic whining shark ( Centrophorus tesselatus )

Rough long-nosed dogfish ( Deania hystricosa )

There are two genera with 18 species:

• Genus: Schlinghaie ( Centrophorus ( Müller & Henle , 1837) )
  • Dwarf gulper shark ( Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman , 1913 )
  • Whimpering shark ( Centrophorus granulosus ( Bloch & Schneider , 1801) )
  • Harrison's whining shark ( Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch , 1915 )
  • Black finned snake shark ( Centrophorus isodon ( Chu, Meng & Liu , 1981) )
  • Lusitanian Schlinger Shark ( Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 )
  • Centrophorus lesliei White et al. , 2017
  • Centrophorus longipinnis White et al. , 2017
  • Small-fin snake shark ( Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker , 1860 )
  • Centrophorus seychellorum Baranes , 2003
  • Leaf-scale snake shark ( Centrophorus squamosus ( Bonnaterre , 1788) )
  • Mosaic whining shark ( Centrophorus tesselatus Garman , 1906 )
  • Centrophorus uyato ( Rafinesque 1810 )
  • Centrophorus westraliensis White, Ebert & Compagno , 2008
  • Centrophorus zeehaani White, Ebert & Compagno , 2008
• Genus: Deania ( Jordan & Snyder , 1902)
  • Bird- billed dogfish ( Deania calcea ( Lowe , 1839) )
  • Rough long-nosed dogfish ( Deania hystricosa ( Garman , 1906) )
  • Arrowhead dogfish ( Deania profundorum ( Smith & Radcliffe in Smith , 1912) )
  • Long- snouted dogfish ( Deania quadrispinosum ( McCulloch , 1915) )

literature

• Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .

Web links

Commons : Schlinger Sharks (Centrophoridae)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Schlinger sharks on Fishbase.org (English)