Scientific Name	Centrophorus squamosus   Pronounce			by: M. Y. Lee
Author	(Bonnaterre, 1788)	Depth	145 - 3940M
Chinese	葉鱗刺鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F035　Centrophoridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	葉鱗刺鯊
Max Length	160 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	葉鱗尖鰭鮫、棘沙、刺鯊、沙魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Locality not stated (probably eastern North Atlantic)
Synonyms	Centrophorus ferrugineus, Centrophorus foliaceus, Centrophorus nilsoni, Centroscymnus fuscus, Encheiridiodon hendersoni, Lepidorhinus hinbei, Lepidorhinus kinbei, Lepidorhinus squamosus, Lepidorphinus foliaceus, Machephilus dumerili, Squalus squamosus
Reference	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 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001 李柏鋒 2003 Hsu, H.-H. etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0062458. ASIZP0062463. ASIZP0062464. ASIZP0074202. ASIZP0075006. CAS214722. NMNSF00537. NMNSF00564.
Common Name	Leafscale gulper shark
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable(VU) A2bd+3bd+4bd 2003-04-30
Characteristic	The snout is moderately long, broadly parabolic, and the preoral snout is almost equal to the mouth width but shorter than the distance from mouth to pectoral origins; the upper anterolateral teeth are with erect to semioblique cusps. The first dorsal fin is relatively low and long; the second dorsal is moderately large, as high or higher than the first with a base of about 2/3 in length of the first dorsal base, and the spine origin is about over the rear tips or inner margins of pelvic fins; the distance from the first dorsal insertion to the origin of second dorsal spine is about as long as the tip of the snout to pectoral midbases in adults. The free rear tips of pectoral fins form broad angles, not expanded into the elongated lobes and not reaching to the level of first dorsal spine, the inner margins are shorter than the distance from second dorsal spine to caudal origin. The caudal fin is with a shallowly concave postventral margin in adults. The lateral trunk denticles overlap one another, with slender pedicles elevating flat, leaflike crowns, a strong main cusp and 3 or more pairs of lateral cusps on their posterior edges in adults (lateral cusps increase from a pair in young species with denticle replacement upon growth).
habitats	Found on or near the bottom of continental slopes; also found pelagically in the upper 1,250 m of water 4,000 m deep. Presumably feeds on fish and cephalopods. Ovoviviparous.
Distribution	Irregularly distributed in the Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean, and Western Pacific (Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, southeastern Australia, and New Zealand).
Utility	Utilized dried salted for human consumption and as fish meal.