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Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks) > Scyliorhininae
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); meadi: In honor of American ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928-2003), then at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (later director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum), who brought this shark to Springer’s attention (See ETYFish).
Eponymy: Dr Giles Willis Mead Jr (1928–2003) was an American zoologist and curator. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina djupbottenlevande; djupintervall 300 - 600 m (Ref. 55584). Deep-water; 28°N - 20°N
Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina south to Florida in the USA and the Santaren Channel between Cuba and Bahamas Bank.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 49.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 244)
Found on the continental slope. Maximum length is from an immature specimen. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
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)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 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). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
4.0 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies. |
Resiliens (Ref. 120179) |
Mycket låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mer än 14 år (Fec=2). |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100). 🛈 |