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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (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); variegatum:Latin for varied or various, referring to strong intraspecific and ontogenetic variability in color pattern and morphology amongst the specimens examined (See ETYFish). More on authors: Last & White.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 114 - 606 m (Ref. 76948). Subtropical
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm?, range 63 - ? cm Max length : 72.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 76948); 74.0 cm TL (female)
Descripción breve Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This medium-sized species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head 9.4-10.5% TL in height, trunk width 14.5-17.1% TL; origin of first dorsal fin over or slightly behind mid pelvic-fin base; prenarial 4.4-5.0% TL in length; length of preorbital snout, 1.5-1.7 times prenarial length, 2.9-3.3 in prepectoral length, 6.4-7.2 in prepelvic length; snout-vent length long, 50.5-52.9% TL; nostril 2.4-2.6% TL in width; eye-spiracle space wide, 0.8-1.3% TL; pectoral fin large, height 12.9-13.2% TL, posterior margin length 10.4-12.1% TL; anal fin 3.5-4.1% TL in height; anal-caudal space 4.5-5.7% SL; precaudal 76-78% TL in length; interdorsal space 6.5-8.0% TL; teeth with 3-7 cusps near symphysis of upper jaw; flank denticles are mainly unicuspidate; back with no greatly enlarged denticles; long adult clasper, up to 8.1% TL, almost reaching anal fin, interspace about 5.4 in anal-fin base; vertebral centra 116-124; teeth in each jaw 68-82; variable colour pattern, not similar between adults and juveniles; adults have 11 distinct or indistinct dark saddle-like markings on body and tail while juveniles are without saddles, instead with fine blackish spots; predorsal saddles are not much wider than interspaces between them; interspiracular saddle width is subequal to eye length; obvious dark blotch over gill slits none; fleshy part of caudal fin appearing as a pale stripe, well demarcated from darker areas above and below (Ref. 76948). Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Last, P.R. and W.T. White, 2008. Two new saddled swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from Eastern Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76948)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ecología Trófica Alimentos (presas) Composición de la dieta consumo de alimento Raciones de comida Despredadores
Ecología Ecología
Dinámica de la población Coeficiente del crecimiento para Edades / tallas máximas Longitud-peso rel. Longitud-longitud rel. Longitud-frecuencias Conversión de masas Reclutamiento Abundancia
Ciclo de vida Reproducción Madurez Madurez/Gills rel. Fecundidad Puesta Agregaciones de desove Huevos Desarrollo de los huevos Larva Dinámica larvaria
Fisiología Composición corporal Nutrientes Consumo del oxígeno Tipo de natación Velocidad de natación Pigmentos visuales Sonido de peces Enfermedades y parásitos Toxicidad (CL50)
