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

The Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis is reported for the first time from the Andaman & Nicobar waters of the Indian EEZ.A male specimen of 785mm total length and weighing sten jacket m 2.34kg was landed by a motorized longliner at Burmanallah, South Andaman District.The specimen was caught off Chidiyatapu, South Andaman at a depth of

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