Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959
Taiwan saddled carpetshark
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Cirrhoscyllium formosanum
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks)
Etymology: Cirrhoscyllium: cirrus, Latin for curl or tendril, referring to barbels on throat; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark (See ETYFish); formosanum: -anum, Latin adjectival suffix that means, when attached to a name, “belonging to,” referring to its distribution off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan) (See ETYFish).
Etymology: Cirrhoscyllium: cirrus, Latin for curl or tendril, referring to barbels on throat; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark (See ETYFish); formosanum: -anum, Latin adjectival suffix that means, when attached to a name, “belonging to,” referring to its distribution off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan) (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 110 - 320 m (Ref. 106604). Subtropical; 28°N - 21°N, 115°E - 123°E
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Found on the insular shelf. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
Main reference
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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 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 247)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Vulnerable (VU) (A2d); Date assessed: 28 August 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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