Published January 10, 2020 | Version v1
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New distributional and morphological data of two species of catsharks, genus Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae), from the western South Atlantic

  • 1. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Brazil
  • 2. Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Itajai, Brazil

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This study provides new distributional and morphological information for two recently described species of catsharks (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from Brazil. Scyliorhinus cabofriensis Soares, Gomes & Carvalho, 2016, originally described from off Cabo Frio, state of Rio de Janeiro (536 m depth) is recorded in deeper waters (647 m) off northern Rio de Janeiro, and Scyliorhinus ugoi Soares, Gadig & Gomes, 2015, previously known from the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro (depth unknown), is reported off the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, at 825 m. Morphometric data are provided for all the specimens examined.

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