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Scyliorhinus garmani (Fowler, 1934)

Brownspotted catshark
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Dumaguete, Negros (Ref. 288, 11146, 125614). Described from a few specimens collected over 100 years ago (Ref. 125614). Philippine records need confirmation in Ref. 47737, 110893.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fowler, H.W., 1941
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Common names from other countries

Roussette à taches brunes, Alitán manchado, غرَّاء ذات بُقَع بُنِّية, ... more

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: Scyliorhinus: skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark; rhinus, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, alluding to a shark’s jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  garmani: In honor of American ichthyologist-herpetologist Samuel Garman (1843-1927), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, for his “excellent” work on sharks and rays. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Fowler.

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

Marine; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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