Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Genus Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes

Centrophoridae Bleeker, 1859

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vertebrata*	Cuvier, 1812	accepted genus name
*Agnatha*	Cope, 1889	taxonomically included in
*Gnathostomata*	von Zittel, 1879	taxonomically included in

Family group names

*Centrophorus*	Müller & Henle, 1837	taxonomically included in
*Deania*	Jordan & Snyder, 1902	taxonomically included in

Children

Centrophorus Müller & Henle, 1837
Deania Jordan & Snyder, 1902

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: gulper sharks sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Japanese: アイザメ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: gråhåfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: gråhåfamilien

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Centrophoridae Bleeker, 1859. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105713