Western gulper shark

The western gulper shark (Centrophorus westraliensis) is a species of squaliform shark discovered in 2008. The species had previously been identified as a variant of the dumb gulper shark, however was differentiated based on morphology. The western gulper is known from the waters of Western Australia, as well as Indonesia and islands in the Southern Indian Ocean.[2] This shark is classified as "least concern" by the IUCN.
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