WoRMS taxon details
Cephaloscyllium sufflans (Regan, 1921)
217637 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217637)
accepted
Species
Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921) Regan, C. T. (1921). New fishes from deep water off the coast of Natal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 7 (no. 41): 412-420. [details]
Description Inhabits areas with sandy and muddy substrate. Feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods, fish, sharks, and rays (Ref. 5213). Can...
Description Inhabits areas with sandy and muddy substrate. Feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods, fish, sharks, and rays (Ref. 5213). Can expand with air when disturbed. Oviparous, laying one egg-case per oviduct. Often taken by commercial bottom trawlers but of no use to fisheries at present. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cephaloscyllium sufflans (Regan, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217637 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921) Regan, C. T. (1921). New fishes from deep water off the coast of Natal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 7 (no. 41): 412-420. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits areas with sandy and muddy substrate. Feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods, fish, sharks, and rays (Ref. 5213). Can expand with air when disturbed. Oviparous, laying one egg-case per oviduct. Often taken by commercial bottom trawlers but of no use to fisheries at present. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | balloon shark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephaloscyllium sufflans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium sufflans RAD110287 and RAD110288 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium sufflans RAD110288-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephaloscyllium sufflans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Scyliorhinus sufflans Regan, 1921)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium sufflans RAD110287 and RAD110288 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium sufflans RAD110288-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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