The gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus), is a large common deep-water dogfish. Gulper sharks have no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, a long, broad snout, widely spaced flat denticles, and angular, extended pectoral fins. Maximum length is 1.5 m. They are found in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the eastern Atlantic from the Congo north to France, in the Indian Ocean around Madagascar and Aldabra, and in the Pacific Ocean south of Honshū.
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