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Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks) > Scyliorhininae
Etymology: Cephaloscyllium: cephalus, from kephale (Gr.), head, referring to its very broad and depressed head; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish); formosanum: --anum, Latin adjectival suffix that means, when attached to a name, “belonging to”: Formosa, or Taiwan, referring to type locality off southwestern coast of Taiwan. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad ? - 366 m (Ref. 94801). Subtropical
Distribución
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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 65.6 cm TL (female)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is distinguished by the following characters: with four broad dark saddle blotches before first dorsal fin, the first saddle just behind eye, second saddle over gill openings, third saddle above inner margin of pectoral fin and fourth above pelvic fin origin; presence of a narrow dark band between third and fourth saddle blotches; body with numerous small white spots; margins of egg case indented (Ref. 94801).
A medium-sized species that matures at size less than 65 cm TL (Ref. 94801).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Nakaya, K., S. Inque and H.-C. Ho, 2013. A review of the genus Cephaloscyllium (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Taiwanese waters. Zootaxa 3752(1):101-129. (Ref. 94801)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [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): 4.1 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
