Scientific Name	Centrophorus moluccensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1860	Depth	125 - 823M
Chinese	皺皮刺鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F035　Centrophoridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	皺皮刺鯊
Max Length	100 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	皺皮尖鰭鮫、棘沙、刺鯊、沙魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Amboina [Ambon Bay, Ambon Island, Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia, Banda Sea, western Pacific]
Synonyms	Atractophorus armatus, Centrophorus scalpratus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；李柏峰（2003）碩士論文；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world  Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Last, P.R. etc. 1994 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001 李柏鋒 2003
Specimen List	NTUM01608. NTUM05129.
Common Name	Smallfin gulper shark; Endeavour dogfish
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Data deficient(DD)  2003-04-30
Characteristic	Snout moderately long and parabolic, preoral snout greater than mouth to pectoral origins; bladelike unicuspidate teeth in upper and lower jaws, with lowers much larger than uppers. Two dorsal fins with large spines, first dorsal fin fairly high and short; second dorsal very small, half height of first dorsal or less, and spine origin well behind rear tips of pelvic fins; distance from first dorsal insertion to origin of second dorsal spine greater than distance from tip of snout to pectoral insertions in adults; free rear tips of pectoral fins formed into narrow, angular and greatly elongated lobes that reach well beyond the level of first dorsal spine, inner margins equal or longer than distance from second dorsal spine to caudal origin; caudal fin with a deeply notched postventral margin in adults. No anal fin. Lateral trunk denticles not overlapping each other, blocklike, with crowns sessile on bases and no pedicels, crowns broad, squared or vertically rhomboidal in adults, with a strong main cusp and no lateral cusps on their posterior edges.
habitats	Maximum about 98 cm; males maturing between 69 and 73 cm and reaching 86 cm; females maturing above 89 cm and reaching 98 cm; size at birth about 31 to 37 cm. A common deepwater dogfish of the outer continental shelves and upper slopes on or near the bott
Distribution	East and Northeast off Taiwan; Western Indian Ocean.
Utility	Probably taken in bottom trawls; utilized at least for fishmeal.