WoRMS taxon details
Cephaloscyllium silasi (Talwar, 1974)
277103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277103)
accepted
Species
Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974) Talwar, P. K. (1974). On a new bathypelagic shark, Scyliorhinus (Halaelurus) silasi (Fam. Scyliorhinidae) from the Arabian Sea. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> v. 14 (no. 2) [1972]: 779-783. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cephaloscyllium silasi (Talwar, 1974). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277103 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974) Talwar, P. K. (1974). On a new bathypelagic shark, Scyliorhinus (Halaelurus) silasi (Fam. Scyliorhinidae) from the Arabian Sea. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> v. 14 (no. 2) [1972]: 779-783. [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephaloscyllium silasi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephaloscyllium silasi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Scyliorhinus silasi Talwar, 1974)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
