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Cephalurus cephalus (Gilbert, 1892)

Description

Common Names

  • قِرش قِطّ شُرْغوف , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Slikkepindshaj , Danish , Denmark
  • Lollykathaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Lollipop cat shark , English , Mexico
  • Lollipop cat shark , English , South Africa
  • Lollipop catshark , English , Global
  • Harilik kulleshai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Holbiche têtard , French , Global
  • 圆头鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 圆头鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 圓頭鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Gato renacuajo , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pejegato renacuajo , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pejegato renacuajo , Spanish , Spain
  • Tiburón renacuajo , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Tiburón renacuajo , Spanish , Peru

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Pentanchidae

    Genus: Cephalurus

    Species: Cephalurus cephalus (Gilbert, 1892)

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Eastern Central Pacific: southern Baja California, Mexico and Gulf of California. Cephalurus specimens from Panama, Peru and Chile differ from Cephalurus cephalus and may represent one or more new species.

    • Biology

    Found on the upper continental slope and outermost shelf. The expanded branchial region of this shark suggests that they are adapted to bottom areas with low dissolved oxygen levels. With little information available, reproductive mode could either be ovoviviparous (Ref. 244, 53776) or oviparous, paired eggs are laid (Ref. 50449).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal