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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); cervigoni: In honor of Venezuelan ichthyologist Fernando Cervigón Marcos (1930-2017), who recognized this shark as a distinct species in 1960 (See ETYFish).
Eponymy: Dr Fernando Cervigón Marcos (1930–2017) was a Spanish-born Venezuelan ichthyologist, who founded (1983) and was president of the Museo del Mar, Margarita Island, Venezuela. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 45 - 500 m. Deep-water; 11°C - 16°C (Ref. 244); 20°N - 17°S
Eastern Atlantic: probably wide-ranging off tropical West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola (Ref. 244). Often previously referred to as Scyliorhinus stellaris (Ref. 244, 127434).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 67.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 244); 76.0 cm TL (female)
Found on rocky and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and upper slope. Temperature: 11-16°C. Salinity: 30 ppt. Oxygen: 1.0-1.6 ml/l. Feeds on bony fishes. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
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: pesca di sussistenza
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00269 (0.00143 - 0.00506), 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) |
4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Fec=2). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (55 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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