Centrophorus granulosus
Description
This gulper shark appeared at a baited camera experiment and took almost the entire bait in one visit. The second image immediately follows the image showing the shark.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Centrophorus granulosus |
| Creator(s): | Gates, A. |
| Date: | 04 June 2013 |
| Time: | 16:49 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Chondrichthyes (Rays, Sharks & relatives) > Squaliformes (Dogfish) |
| Species: | Centrophorus granulosus |
| Behaviour: | Feeding at a baited camera experiment. Scavenging. |
| Site: | Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Ngisi-1 |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 1326 |
| Latitude: | 8 deg 00' 00" N |
| Longitude: | 40 deg 00' 00" E |
| Countries: | East Africa > Tanzania |
| Habitat: | Seabed |
| Substratum: | Coarse grain size deep-sea sediment |
| Rig: | Deep Sea Metro I |
| Project Partners: | BG Group, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Millennium 113 |
| Keywords: | Gulper shark Centrophorus |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 05 February 2016 |
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