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Etymology: Scyliorhinus: skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark; rhinus, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, alluding to a shark’s jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish); cervigoni: In honor of Venezuelan ichthyologist Fernando Cervigón Marcos (1930-2017), who recognized this shark as a distinct species in 1960. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 45 - 500 m. Deep-water; 11°C - 16°C (Ref. 244); 20°N - 17°S
Eastern Atlantic: probably wide-ranging off tropical West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola (Ref. 244). Often previously referred to as Scyliorhinus stellaris (Ref. 244, 127434).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 67.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 244); 76.0 cm TL (female)
Found on rocky and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and upper slope. Temperature: 11-16°C. Salinity: 30 ppt. Oxygen: 1.0-1.6 ml/l. Feeds on bony fishes. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
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 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 12.4 - 15.8, mean 14.3 (based on 29 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00139 - 0.00497), b=3.21 (3.04 - 3.38), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Fec=2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).