Dark freckled catshark
Appearance
Scyliorhinus ugoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Scyliorhinus |
Species: | S. ugoi
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Binomial name | |
Scyliorhinus ugoi |
The dark freckled catshark (Scyliorhinus ugoi) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil. This species differs from Scyliorhinus besnardi, Scyliorhinus haeckelii group and Scyliorhinus hesperius, in background coloration, head width, sexual maturity, and in cranial and body proportions.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Soares, K.D.A.; Gadig, O.F.B. & Gomes, U.L. (2015). "Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Zootaxa. 3937 (2): 347–361. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.6. PMID 25947474.