Reticulated swellshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Cephaloscyllium |
Species: | C. fasciatum
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Binomial name | |
Cephaloscyllium fasciatum W. L. Y. Chan, 1966
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Synonyms | |
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 is a blunt snouted shark with an inflatable stomach, narrow eye slits and a pattern of spots and lines covering its body. It can grow up to 80 cm in length.[2]
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