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Scyliorhinus stellaris
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Description
Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus 1758) —Nursehound
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Scyllium catulus, Cuv. by Gruvel (1931: 73). The species was never recorded afterwards.
Distribution. North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic: Shetland Islands and southern Norway to Morocco.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (NT: 14 February 2006); Med. (NT: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Unknown.
Remarks. Gruvel (1931: 74) mentioned that the species, along with Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus 1758) were abundant and hated by fishermen.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Genus
- Scyliorhinus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- stellaris
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020
References
- Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.