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

Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Centrophorus*	Müller & Henle, 1837	accepted genus name
*Centrophorus granulosus*	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	taxonomically included in
*Centrophorus lusitanicus*	Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864	taxonomically included in
*Centrophorus squamosus*	(Bonnaterre, 1788)	taxonomically included in
*Centrophorus uyato*	(Rafinesque, 1810)	taxonomically included in

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: Lusitanischer Schlingerhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: קוצן לוזיטני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: portugalinis trumpadyglis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: quelvacho liso; quelvacho lusitánico

Literature

original description	Barbosa du Bocage, J. V. and F. de Brito Capello. (1864). Sur quelques espèces inédites de Squalidae de la tribu Acanthiana, Gray, qui fréquentent les côtes du Portugal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864. (2): 260-263.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Centrophorus lusitanicus, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864. 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:105900