Brownspotted catshark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Scyliorhinus |
| Species: | S. garmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Scyliorhinus garmani (Fowler, 1934)
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The brownspotted catshark (Scyliorhinus garmani) is a rare catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific between latitudes 11° N and 12° S. Its juvenile length is about 38 cm, but its adult size is mostly unknown. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
Naming
[edit]The specific name garmani was dedicated to Samuel Walton Garman (1843–1927), renowned herpetologist and ichthyologist of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ White, W.T. (2009). "Scyliorhinus garmani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T161458A5428715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161458A5428715.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ GBIF
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scyliorhinus garmani". FishBase. July 2006 version.
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