Boa catshark
| Boa catshark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Scyliorhinus |
| Species: | S. boa |
| Binomial name | |
| Scyliorhinus boa Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 | |
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The boa catshark, Scyliorhinus boa, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelves and insular slopes of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between latitudes 20° N and 9° N, at depths between 330 and 675 m. It can grow up to a length of 54 cm. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Scyliorhinus boa" in FishBase. July 2006 version.