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| Species: | S. boa
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| Scyliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896
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Template:Sharksportal The boa catshark, Scyliorhinus boa, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the continental shelves and insular slopes of the western Atlantic from Barbados, Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Honduras, to Colombia between latitudes 20° N and 9° N, at depths of between 330 and 675 m. Its length is up to 54 m.
The boa catshark has an obtusely rounded snout, and its coloration is pale yellowish brown back and sides.
Reproduction is oviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Scyliorhinus boa" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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