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Cephaloscyllium umbratile Jordan & Fowler, 1903

Blotchy swell shark
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Cephaloscyllium umbratile   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Common names from other countries

Draughtsboard shark, Žralok nafukovací skvrnitý, Nanukazame, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (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);  umbratile: Latin for shaded, described as “marbled above with shades of dark and deep brown”. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Jordan & Fowler.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 500 m (Ref. 94801).   Subtropical

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