original description
(of Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1914). Description of three new south African fishes. <em>Marine biological report: for the year ended ... and for the half year ending ...; to be presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope.</em> No. 2 (VII): 128-131. [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
From other sources
Description Found on the uppermost continental slopes. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods (Ref. 5213). Oviparous, with 1 (Ref. 5510) or 2 egg-cases laid per oviduct at a time (Ref. 5510). The adult males are larger than females, a characteristic unusual among sharks. Manifests partial sexual segregation. Not utilized at present. [details]
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English |
African spotted catshark |
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From editor or global species database