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The dumb gulper shark, Centrophorus harrissoni, is a rare deepwater dogfish
Dogfish

Dogfish is a name applied to a number of small sharks found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea oceans. It is applied especially to those in the three Family Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae, and Squalidae....
, known from only two locations, one around Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
 and the other along the East Coast of Australia. It is also known as harrison's deepsea dogfish. It may grow to be 43in (109cm) long and large, green eyes which it uses at 820 to 1260 feet (250 to 385 metres) under water.

This species may be the same as Centrophorus uyato.








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The dumb gulper shark, Centrophorus harrissoni, is a rare deepwater dogfish
Dogfish

Dogfish is a name applied to a number of small sharks found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea oceans. It is applied especially to those in the three Family Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae, and Squalidae....
, known from only two locations, one around Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
 and the other along the East Coast of Australia. It is also known as harrison's deepsea dogfish. It may grow to be 43in (109cm) long and large, green eyes which it uses at 820 to 1260 feet (250 to 385 metres) under water.

This species may be the same as Centrophorus uyato.

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off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
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