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Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks) > Scyliorhininae
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); meadi: In honor of American ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928-2003), then at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (later director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum), who brought this shark to Springer’s attention (See ETYFish).
Eponymy: Dr Giles Willis Mead Jr (1928–2003) was an American zoologist and curator. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien bathydemersaal; diepte 300 - 600 m (Ref. 55584). Deep-water; 28°N - 20°N
Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina south to Florida in the USA and the Santaren Channel between Cuba and Bahamas Bank.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 49.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 244)
Found on the continental slope. Maximum length is from an immature specimen. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
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)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van geen belang
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 10 - 14.3, mean 10.9 °C (based on 14 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00138 - 0.00502), b=3.21 (3.04 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Zeer laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd meer dan 14 jaar (Fec=2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).