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Centroscyllium
	Black dogfish, Centroscyllium fabricii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Chondrichthyes;
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii;
Order:	Squaliformes;
Family:	Dalatiidae;
Genus:	Centroscyllium; Müller & Henle, 1841
Species
	See text.

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Centroscyllium is a genus of big-eyed deepwater dogfishes with no anal fin, a grey or black-brown body, and dorsal spines, with the second one being much larger than the first. There are seven extant species.

[edit] Species

Highfin dogfish, Centroscyllium excelsum Shirai & Nakaya, 1990.
Black dogfish, Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825).
Granular dogfish, Centroscyllium granulatum Günther, 1887.
Bareskin dogfish, Centroscyllium kamoharai Abe, 1966.
Combtooth dogfish, Centroscyllium nigrum (de Buen, 1959).
Ornate dogfish, Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889).
Whitefin dogfish, Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903.
Centroscyllium sheikoi

[edit] References

Centroscyllium (TSN 160701). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 4 May 2006.
Species of Centroscyllium. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

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