A first record of the Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860 (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from the Andaman & Nicobar waters, Indian EEZ

A first record of the Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860 (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from the Andaman & Nicobar waters, Indian EEZ

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The Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis is reported for the first time from the Andaman & Nicobar waters of the Indian EEZ.A male specimen RECT DRM Table Set (5/CN) of 785mm total length and weighing 2.34kg was landed by a motorized longliner at Burmanallah, South Andaman District.

The specimen was caught off Specialty Water Chidiyatapu, South Andaman at a depth of 250m.A detailed morphological description of the specimen and comparison with previous literature is provided.