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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); hesperius: Latin for western, from hesperos (Gr.), evening star, probably referring to its occurrence in the western Atlantic, the western Caribbean, and/or off the coast of western Panama (See ETYFish).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 274 - 457 m. Deep-water; 22°N - 9°N
Western Central Atlantic: Honduras, Panama, and Colombia.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm TL (female)
Found on the upper continental slope. Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Not utilized at present.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 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). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.8 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Fec=2). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100). 🛈 |