Scyllium catulus Linnaeus 1758 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Alternative combination: Squalus catulus

Belongs to Scyllium according to J. Müller and F. Henle 1839

Sister taxa: Scyllium africanum, Scyllium angustum, Scyllium bivium, Scyllium buergeri, Scyllium canicula, Scyllium capense, Scyllium colineti, Scyllium edwardsii, Scyllium maculatum, Scyllium minutissimum, Scyllium pantherinum, Scyllium pictum, Scyllium variegatum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scyllium catulus in the database

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