Scyliorhinus cabofriensis

Scyliorhinus cabofriensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Scyliorhinus
Species:
S. cabofriensis
Binomial name
Scyliorhinus cabofriensis

Scyliorhinus cabofriensis is a species of catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro southeastern Brazil. This species is distinguished from all southwestern Atlantic congeners by its color pattern, clasper and neurocranial morphology and proportional measurements.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Soares, K.D.A.; Gomes, U.L.; De Carvalho, M.R. (2016). "Taxonomic review of catsharks of the Scyliorhinus haeckelii group, with the description of a new species (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Zootaxa. 4066 (5): 501–534. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.5.1. PMID 27395851.


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