Order: Squaliformes (Bramble, sleeper and dogfish sharks)

• Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks)
• Dalatiidae (Dalatiid sleeper sharks)
• Echinorhinidae (Bramble sharks)
• Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
• Oxynotidae (Rough sharks)
• Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)
• Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)

Family: Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Centrophorus atromarginatus	Dwarf gulper shark
Centrophorus granulosus	Gulper shark
Centrophorus harrissoni	Dumb gulper shark
Centrophorus isodon	Black-fin gulper shark
Centrophorus lesliei	African gulper shark
Centrophorus longipinnis	Long-fin gulper shark
Centrophorus lusitanicus	Low-fin gulper shark
Centrophorus moluccensis	Small-fin gulper shark
Centrophorus seychellorum	Seychelles gulper shark
Centrophorus squamosus	Leaf-scale gulper shark
Centrophorus tessellatus	Mosaic gulper shark
Centrophorus uyato	Little gulper shark
Centrophorus westraliensis	Western gulper shark
Centrophorus zeehaani	Southern dogfish
Deania calcea	Bird-beak dogfish
Deania hystricosa	Rough long-nose dogfish
Deania profundorum	Arrow-head dogfish
Deania quadrispinosa	Long-snout dogfish

Family: Dalatiidae (Dalatiid sleeper sharks)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Dalatias licha	Kite-fin shark
Euprotomicroides zantedeschia	Tail-light shark
Euprotomicrus bispinatus	Pygmy shark
Heteroscymnoides marleyi	Long-nose pygmy shark
Isistius brasiliensis	Cookie-cutter shark
Isistius plutodus	Large-tooth cookie-cutter shark
Mollisquama parini	Pocket shark
Squaliolus aliae	Small-eye pygmy shark
Squaliolus laticaudus	Spined pygmy shark

Family: Echinorhinidae (Bramble sharks)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Echinorhinus brucus	Bramble shark
Echinorhinus cookei	Prickly shark

Family: Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Aculeola nigra	Hook-tooth dogfish
Centroscyllium excelsum	High-fin dogfish
Centroscyllium fabricii	Black dogfish
Centroscyllium granulatum	Granular dogfish
Centroscyllium kamoharai	Bare-skin dogfish
Centroscyllium nigrum	Comb-tooth dogfish
Centroscyllium ornatum	Ornate dogfish
Centroscyllium ritteri	White-fin dogfish
Etmopterus alphus	White-cheek lantern shark
Etmopterus baxteri	New Zealand lantern shark
Etmopterus benchleyi	Ninja lantern shark
Etmopterus bigelowi	Blurred smooth lantern shark
Etmopterus brachyurus	Short-tail lantern shark
Etmopterus bullisi	Lined lantern shark
Etmopterus burgessi	Unspecified
Etmopterus carteri	Cylindrical lantern shark
Etmopterus caudistigmus	Tail-spot lanternshark
Etmopterus compagnoi	Unspecified
Etmopterus decacuspidatus	Comb-toothed lantern shark
Etmopterus dianthus	Pink lantern shark
Etmopterus dislineatus	Unspecified
Etmopterus evansi	Black-mouth lantern shark
Etmopterus fusus	Pygmy lantern shark
Etmopterus gracilispinis	Broad-banded lantern shark
Etmopterus granulosus	Southern lantern shark
Etmopterus hillianus	Caribbean lantern shark
Etmopterus joungi	Short-fin smooth lantern shark
Etmopterus lailae	Laila's lantern shark
Etmopterus litvinovi	Small-eye lantern shark
Etmopterus lucifer	Black-belly lantern shark
Etmopterus molleri	Moller's lantern shark
Etmopterus perryi	Dwarf lantern shark
Etmopterus polli	African lantern shark
Etmopterus princeps	Great lantern shark
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus	Unspecified
Etmopterus pusillus	Smooth lantern shark
Etmopterus pycnolepis	Dense-scale lantern shark
Etmopterus robinsi	Unspecified
Etmopterus samadiae	Papuan lantern shark
Etmopterus schultzi	Fringe-fin lantern shark
Etmopterus sculptus	Sculpted lantern shark
Etmopterus sentosus	Thorny lantern shark
Etmopterus spinax	Velvet-belly lantern shark
Etmopterus splendidus	Splendid lantern shark
Etmopterus tasmaniensis	Tasmanian lantern shark
Etmopterus unicolor	Brown lantern shark
Etmopterus viator	Unspecified
Etmopterus villosus	Hawaiian lantern shark
Etmopterus virens	Green lantern shark
Miroscyllium sheikoi	Rasp-tooth dogfish
Trigonognathus kabeyai	Viper dogfish

Family: Oxynotidae (Rough sharks)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Oxynotus bruniensis	Prickly dogfish
Oxynotus caribbaeus	Caribbean rough shark
Oxynotus centrina	Angular rough shark
Oxynotus japonicus	Japanese rough shark
Oxynotus paradoxus	Sail-fin rough shark

Family: Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Centroscymnus coelolepis	Portuguese dogfish
Centroscymnus crepidater	Long-nose velvet dogfish
Centroscymnus macracanthus	Large-spine velvet dogfish
Centroscymnus owstonii	Rough-skin dogfish
Centroscymnus plunketi	Plunket shark
Scymnodalatias albicauda	White-tail dogfish
Scymnodalatias garricki	Azores dogfish
Scymnodalatias oligodon	Sparse-tooth dogfish
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi	Sherwood dogfish
Scymnodon ringens	Knife-tooth dogfish
Somniosus antarcticus	Southern sleeper shark
Somniosus longus	Frog shark
Somniosus microcephalus	Greenland shark
Somniosus pacificus	Pacific sleeper shark
Somniosus rostratus	Little sleeper shark
Zameus ichiharai	Japanese velvet dogfish
Zameus squamulosus	Velvet dogfish

Family: Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Cirrhigaleus asper	Rough-skin spur-dog
Cirrhigaleus australis	Southern mandarin dogfish
Cirrhigaleus barbifer	Mandarin dogfish
Squalus acanthias	Picked dogfish
Squalus acutirostris	Unspecified
Squalus albifrons	Eastern high-fin spur-dog
Squalus altipinnis	Western high-fin spur-dog
Squalus bahiensis	Northeastern Brazilian dogfish
Squalus bassi	Long-snouted African spur-dog
Squalus blainville	Long-nose spur-dog
Squalus brevirostris	Unspecified
Squalus bucephalus	Big-head spur-dog
Squalus chloroculus	Green-eye spur-dog
Squalus crassispinus	Fat-spine spur-dog
Squalus cubensis	Cuban dogfish
Squalus edmundsi	Edmund's spur-dog
Squalus formosus	Taiwan spur-dog
Squalus grahami	Eastern long-nose spur-dog
Squalus griffini	Northern spiny dogfish
Squalus hemipinnis	Indonesian short-snout spur-dog
Squalus japonicus	Japanese spur-dog
Squalus lalannei	Unspecified
Squalus lobularis	Atlantic lobe-fin dogfish
Squalus mahia	Malagasy skinny spur-dog
Squalus margaretsmithae	Smith's dogfish
Squalus megalops	Short-nose spur-dog
Squalus melanurus	Black-tailed spur-dog
Squalus mitsukurii	Short-spine spur-dog
Squalus montalbani	Indonesian green-eye spur-dog
Squalus nasutus	Western long-nose spur-dog
Squalus notocaudatus	Bar-tail spur-dog
Squalus quasimodo	Humpback western dogfish
Squalus rancureli	Cyrano spur-dog
Squalus raoulensis	Kermadec spiny dogfish
Squalus suckleyi	Spotted spiny dogfish

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