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Cephaloscyllium speccum Last, Séret & White, 2008

Speckled swellshark
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Common names: Speckled swellshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, WAM P 31317-001(holotype of Cephaloscyllium speccum, 68 cm TL, male) (Ref. 76946).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R., B. Séret and W.T. White, 2008
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Common names from other countries

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

Elasmobranchii (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);  speccum: From specca (L.), speckled, referring to dark brown spots and blotches that dominate its color pattern. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Last, Séret & White.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 150 - 455 m (Ref. 76946).   Tropical

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