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Dwarf gulper shark
The
dwarf
gulper shark
is a
dogfish
of the
family
Centrophoridae
found in the
Indo-West Pacific
oceans
, from the
Gulf of Aden
,
Japan
,
Taiwan
, and
northern
Papua New Guinea
.
As a
Squaliform
,
Centrophorus
atromarginatus
has high amounts of
Squalene
in its
liver
, and it is fished for this
resource
. It is a
deep-water
fish
, whose
habitat
is in
bathydemersal
waters
.