Abstract
The genus Centroscymnus Barboza du Bocage & Capello, 1864 (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Somniosidae) comprises a group of deepwater benthic sharks, occuring circumglobally in most oceans. This genus contains only two species, Centroscymnus coelolepis and C. owstonii, both reported in the Western Atlantic Ocean; however, they were originally described in Eastern Atlantic and Western Pacif…