Whitesaddled catshark

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Whitesaddled catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Scyliorhinus Species: S. hesperius
Binomial name
Scyliorhinus hesperius Springer, 1966

The whitesaddled catshark, Scyliorhinus hesperius, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the upper continental slope of the western central Atlantic from Honduras, Panama, and Colombia between latitudes 22° N and 9° N, at depths of between 275 and 460 m. Its length is up to 47 cm.

Reproduction is oviparous.

[edit] References

• "Scyliorhinus hesperius". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.