| Citation | Compagno, L.J.V., 1984, FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes.. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. |
| Ref. | 247 Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 |
| Page | 60 |
| Named Used as Valid | Centroscymnus plunketi |
| Comment | habitat; common depth range; max lengths; maturity; spawning; fecundity; |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and southeastern Australia. |
| Quote | continental and insular slopes, in large schools near the bottom which are segregated according to size and sex, feeds on cephalopods and bony fishes; 550-732 m; 131 (male) and 170 (female) cm TL. NZ (Found in waters deeper than 550 m; taken with deepwater longlines and possibly of commercial interest for liver oil and fishmeal). |