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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).
Issue
Junior synonym of Scyliorhinus haeckelii according to Soares et al. 2019 (Ref. 120402). This species summary page will be deleted.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 140 - 190 m. Subtropical; 31°S - 39°S
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil and northern Uruguay.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 244)
Found on the outer continental shelf. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 11.5 - 19.6, mean 16 °C (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00139 - 0.00497), b=3.21 (3.04 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 34.1 [4.9, 187.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.864 [0.237, 2.666] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.1, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.215 [0.094, 0.467] g/100g; Selenium = 20.1 [5.8, 58.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.8 [6.9, 56.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.594 [0.281, 1.116] mg/100g (wet weight);