Taiwan gulper shark
Encyclopedia
The Taiwan gulper shark, Centrophorus niaukang, is a locally common, large deepwater shark
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....

.

Physical characteristics

The Taiwan gulper shark has no anal, two dorsal
Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of various unrelated marine and freshwater vertebrates, including most fishes, marine mammals , and the ichthyosaurs...

 (with small spines) and a caudal fin with a more vertical rear edge. The maximum length of the shark is 154 cm.

Distribution

The Taiwan gulper shark, as its name implies, is only found around Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

.
The teeth of the shark are jagged and can easily penetrate the skin.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK