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Cephaloscyllium sufflans (Regan, 1921)

Balloon shark
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Kenya country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported to be endemic to southern Africa in Compagno et. al. 1989 (Ref. 5578). Record needs verification.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.recoscix.org/openscrn.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bass, A.J., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Holbiche soufflue, Pejegato balón, قِرش كُرة, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (hajar och rockor) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > 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);  sufflans: Latin for puffing, referring to its inflatable stomach. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Regan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 40 - 600 m (Ref. 5578).   Tropical; 19°S - 28°S

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