Gulper shark
Centrophorus granulosus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Centrophoridae
- Genus
- Centrophorus
Where to Find
Found in 30 diving areas across 20 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 3 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 16 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 12 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 13 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 5 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 5 records
- Corsica, France - 4 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 27 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 4 records
- Azores, Portugal - 6 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 24 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 51 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records