| Blackfin gulper shark | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Centrophorus |
| Species: | C. isodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Centrophorus isodon (Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & J. X. Liu, 1981) | |
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| Range of blackfin gulper shark (in blue) | |
The blackfin gulper shark (Centrophorus isodon) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae in the Northwest Pacific.
Commercial uses
Threats are not entirely clear but they may be bycatching from deepwater trawling and line fisheries and may also be used for cod liver oil and fish meal.
References
- Rigby, C.L.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K. (2020). "Centrophorus isodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44563A124432455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44563A124432455.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Centrophorus isodon". FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Centrophorus isodon | |