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Schroederichthys bivius (Müller & Henle, 1838)

Narrowmouthed catshark
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Schroederichthys bivius   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Brazil country information

Common names: Narrowmouthed catshark, Tubarão-lagarto
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Mature male (70.2 cm TL) collected in State of Rio Grande do Sul, marks the first record in the Brazilian coast and the northernmost in the Atlantic (Ref. 56497).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Soto, J.M.R., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Holbiche blanche, Pejegato bocachica, قِرش قِطّ أبيض, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Atelomycteridae (Coloured catsharks)
Etymology: Schroederichthys: In honor of American ichthyologist William C. Schroeder (1895-1977), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, for his pioneering work (with Henry B. Bigelow) on cartilaginous fishes; ichthyos (Gr.), fish. (See ETYFish);  bivius: bi-, from bis (L.), two; via (L.), way or passage, etymology not explained, perhaps referring to double-valved nostrils, with incurrent and excurrent apertures. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Müller & Henle.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 14 - 78 m (Ref. 244).   Subtropical; 23°S - 56°S

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