Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Gulper Shark

Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 135 . Holotype: ZMB, whereabouts unknown; no locality. Neotype: AMNH 78263, Canary Islands, Spain; neotype designation by White et al. (2013).

Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 44, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) ASIZ P0080731, juvenile male 562 mm TL, off Madang, 5°01.11’ S, 145°51.45’ E, 640–675 m depth, 2 Oct. 2010.

Remarks: A large pregnant female (1600 mm TL, 30 kg) was recently caught off Lae and images of the specimen were verified by the author. A circumglobally distributed species.