Freckled catshark

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Freckled catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Scyliorhinus Species: S. haeckelii
Binomial name
Scyliorhinus haeckelii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907)

The freckled catshark, Scyliorhinus haeckelii, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the western Atlantic from western Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Uruguay between latitudes 11° N and 32° S, at depths of between 40 and 5,220 m. Its length is up to 35 cm.

Reproduction is oviparous.

[edit] References

• "Scyliorhinus haeckelii". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.