Scyllium africanum Gmelin 1789 (cat shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Alternative combination: Squalus africanus
Belongs to Scyllium according to J. Müller and F. Henle 1839
Sister taxa: Scyllium angustum, Scyllium bivium, Scyllium buergeri, Scyllium canicula, Scyllium capense, Scyllium catulus, Scyllium colineti, Scyllium edwardsii, Scyllium maculatum, Scyllium minutissimum, Scyllium pantherinum, Scyllium pictum, Scyllium variegatum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scyllium africanum in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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