Squaliformes
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 Gulper shark, Centrophorus granulosus
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Squaliformes is an order of sharks that includes about 80 species in seven families.
Members of the order have two dorsal fins, no anal fin, no nictitating membrane, and five gill slits.
[edit] Classification
Family Echinorhinidae (bramble sharks)
Family Squalidae (dogfish sharks)
Family Centrophoridae (gulper sharks)
Family Etmopteridae (lantern sharks)
Family Somniosidae (sleeper sharks)
Family Oxynotidae (roughsharks)
Family Dalatiidae (kitefin sharks)
[edit] References
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
- FAO Species catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2
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