Cephaloscyllium sufflans, Balloon shark

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Cephaloscyllium sufflans (Regan, 1921)

Balloon shark
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Classification / Names ຊື່ສາມັນ | ຄຳສັບຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | Catalog of Fishes(ຕະກຸນ, ຊະນິດ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

ກຸ່ມປາກະດູກອ່ອນ (ເຊັ່ນ: ປາສະຫລາມ, ປາຜາໄລ) (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);  sufflans: Latin for puffing, referring to its inflatable stomach. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Regan.

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


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