Cirrhoscyllium formosanum, Taiwan saddled carpetshark

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Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959

Taiwan saddled carpetshark
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Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks)
Etymology: Cirrhoscyllium: cirrus, Latin for curl or tendril, referring to barbels on throat; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish);  formosanum: -anum, Latin adjectival suffix that means, when attached to a name, “belonging to,” referring to its distribution off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan). (See ETYFish).

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 110 - 320 m (Ref. 106604). Subtropical; 28°N - 21°N, 115°E - 123°E

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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 247)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on the insular shelf. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).

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Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 247)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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