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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Proscylliidae (Finback catsharks)
Etymology: Proscyllium: pro (L.), in front of, probably referring to far forward placement of dorsal fin compared with Scyllium (=Scyliorhinus, Scyliorhinidae) (See ETYFish); habereri: In honor of German physician, anthropologist and natural history collector Karl Albert Haberer (1864-1941), who collected holotype (See ETYFish).
Eponymy: Dr Karl Albert Haberer (1864–1941) was an independent German anthropologist, naturalist, student of politics, and collector in Japan and China. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Hilgendorf.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 100 m (Ref. 244). Tropical; 39°N - 8°S

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Western Pacific: southeastern Japan to Viet Nam and northwestern Java, Indonesia (Ref. 13566).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 244); 65.0 cm TL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Caudal fin without a rippled dorsal margin and ventral lobe but with a strong subterminal notch; vertebral axis of caudal fin little raised above body axis (Ref. 13566). Round dark brown spots and indistinct saddles (Ref. 13566).

A little-known, uncommon bottom-dwelling shark found on the shelves of continental and insular waters (Ref. 244). Dwell on the sublittoral zone, 50-320 m (Ref. 11230). Food habits little known; probably feeding on bony fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 244). Oviparous (Ref. 50449), with 1 to 2 pups in a litter (Ref. 244).

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Oviparous, with a single egg deposited per uterus (Ref. 244). Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators

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: Version 2024-1)

Vulnerable (VU) (A2d); Date assessed: 30 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless (Ref. 13566)

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.4 - 28, mean 25.1 °C (based on 134 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6328 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00288 (0.00112 - 0.00741), b=3.15 (2.92 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.57 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec = 1-2).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Proscyllium habereri Hilgendorf, 1904