Reticulated swellshark
| Reticulated swellshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Cephaloscyllium |
| Species: | C. fasciatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephaloscyllium fasciatum W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cephaloscyllium maculatum Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2008 | |
The reticulated swellshark, Cephaloscyllium fasciatum, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The Reticulated swellshark is found in the western Pacific Ocean between latitudes 21° N and 28° S, at depths between 220 and 450 m. It can grow up to about 42 cm in length.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cephaloscyllium fasciatum" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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