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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); stellaris: Latin for starry or of the stars, referring to many large and small black and white spots on body (See ETYFish).
More on author: Linnaeus.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 400 m (Ref. 27000), usually 20 - 63 m (Ref. 244). Subtropical; 63°N - 12°N, 19°W - 37°E
Northeast Atlantic: southern Scandinavia to Mediterranean, Morocco, Mauritania to Senegal (Ref. 125614). Records further south in the Atlantic, to Gulf of Guinea and Congo River mouth may be misidentifications of Scyliorhinus cervigoni (Ref. 127434).
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 78.0, range 77 - 79 cm
Max length : 170 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26999); common length : 125 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 244); edad máxima reportada: 19 años (Ref. 72467)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Espinas anales: 0. A large, fairly stocky, catshark with large and small black spots and sometimes white spots covering dorsal surface, saddle markings obsolete, small anterior nasal flaps that do not reach the mouth, no nasoral grooves, labial furrows on lower jaw only, second dorsal fin much smaller than first (Ref. 244)
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
A common inshore and offshore shark found on the continental shelf over rough, even rocky or coralline ground, and algal-covered bottoms. Found at depths of 1 or 2 m to at least 125 m. Feed on bottom-living invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans and on demersal fishes (e.g. sharks, S. canicula). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption, and processed into fishmeal. May attain 170 cm (Ref. 27000).
Oviparous, with a single egg per oviduct (Ref. 244). Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Size at hatching about 16 cm (Ref. 244).
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 7.8 - 19.5, mean 10.9 °C (based on 836 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00195 (0.00155 - 0.00246), b=3.17 (3.10 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.0 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Fec assumed to be <100).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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Vulnerabilidad climática (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 4.81 [1.06, 25.16] mg/100g; Iron = 0.325 [0.083, 0.956] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [16.3, 22.5] %; Omega3 = 0.117 [0.048, 0.276] g/100g; Selenium = 21.6 [6.3, 65.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.9 [6.7, 69.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.437 [0.202, 0.902] mg/100g (wet weight);