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.