Deepwater Spiny Dogfish
Centrophorus squamosus
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 13 diving areas across 8 countries and 6 regions.
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 8 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 93 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 11 records
- Azores, Portugal - 33 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 27 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 8 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records