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Etymology: Scyliorhinus: skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark; rhinus, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, alluding to a shark’s jagged, rasp-like skin (See ETYFish); capensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, type locality (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Müller & Henle.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 26 - 495 m (Ref. 5578). Subtropical; 0°S - 37°S, 0°W - 29°E (Ref. 57015)
Southeast Atlantic: Lüderitz, Namibia to central Natal, South Africa.
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm 69.0, range 68 - 70 cm
Max length : 122 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 244)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Spine anali: 0. Bright yellow or golden spots on a dark grey body with irregular blotches and saddles (Ref. 5578), cream below (Ref. 5510); 2nd dorsal much smaller than 1st (Ref. 5578). Small anterior nasal flaps that do not reach mouth, no nasoral grooves (Ref. 244).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
A common inshore to offshore catshark. Prefers to feed on small bony fishes and crustaceans, also cephalopods (Ref. 244). Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Oviparous, with a single egg per oviduct at a time (Ref. 244). Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Size upon hatching below 31 cm (size of young with umbilical scars) (Ref. 244).
Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 9.3 - 16.5, mean 12.2 °C (based on 45 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00269 (0.00140 - 0.00518), b=3.21 (3.04 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 4.0 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Fec = 1).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
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