Cephaloscyllium laticeps, Draughtboard shark

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Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Duméril, 1853)

Draughtboard shark
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Cephaloscyllium laticeps
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

इलाज़मौबरांकी (शारक और रेज़) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks) > Scyliorhininae
Etymology: Cephaloscyllium: cephalus, from kephale (Gr.), head, referring to its very broad and depressed head; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish);  laticeps: latus (L.), wide or broad; ceps (New Latin), head, referring to its broad, parabola-shaped head. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Duméril.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी


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