Species: Centrophorus tessellatus, Mosaic Gulper-shark

Centrophorus tessellatus Garman, 1906

Mosaic Gulper-shark

Snout long, thick, rounded, distance before mouth ~ distance from mouth to pectoral fins; no nictitating eyelids; spiracles present, large, just behind eye; top teeth straight, triangular, with narrow points, lower teeth similar, with narrow triangular tips; five gill slits, all before pectoral fin; two dorsal fins with small grooved spines, spine of second dorsal is slightly larger; first dorsal larger than second, its,spine origin over free rear tips of pectoral; space between second dorsal fin origin and upper tail fin origin 8.6% of TL, much longer than head; free rear tips of pectorals very long, pointed, extending past center of first dorsal fin; no anal fin; no ridges behind pelvic fins; tail base without keels; tail fin strongly asymmetrical, upper lobe with notch under tip, deep lower lobe, with a notch above it; skin smooth, denticles on flank with flat, squarish crowns, widely spaced and not overlapping.

Light brown to gray above, white below; fins with light edges.

Size: 89 cm.

Habitat: outer continental shelve and slopes near the bottom.

Depth: 260-732 m.

Scattered locations in W Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans; Gulf of Mexico to Colombia.

Note: may be multiple species involved.