The leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae.

C. squamosus is reported to have a lifespan of approximately 70 years, based on otolith ring counts.

The leafscale gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, the first dorsal being relatively low and long, large eyes, and rough leaf-like denticles.

Eastern Atlantic around continental slopes from Iceland south to the Cape of Good Hope, western Indian Ocean around Aldabra Islands, and western Pacific around Honshu, Japan, the Philippines, south-east Australia, and New Zealand.

Its meat is utilized dried and salted for human consumption and as fishmeal.