WoRMS taxon details
original description
Springer, S. (1966). A review of western Atlantic cat sharks, Scyliorhinidae, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. <em>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> v. 65 (no. 3) (for 1965): 581-624. [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]
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
From other sources
Distribution Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina south to Florida in the USA and the Santaren Channel between Cuba and Bahamas Bank [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on the continental slope. [details]
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English |
blotched catshark |
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From editor or global species database
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