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Etymology: Cephaloscyllium: cephalus, from kephale (Gr.), head, referring to its very broad and depressed head; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark (See ETYFish); sarawakense: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sarawak, Malaysia, type locality (See ETYFish).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 100 - 200 m (Ref. 94801). Subtropical
Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (western south Taiwan, Hong Kong, Gulf of Tongking, Vietnam, Malaysia).
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 37.5, range 35 - 40 cm
Max length : 39.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 75582); 44.1 cm TL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This small-sized shark is distinguished by the following characters: adults with two distinct and wide brown saddle blotches before first dorsal fin while juveniles with 3; first saddle immediately behind eye, second over posterior 1/3 of base and inner margin of pectoral fin, the third a little before first dorsal fin, which fades with growth; dark lateral circular to oblong blotches above gill openings and on lateral side of trunk; young individuals with many polka dots on body and fins; anterior nasal flap triangular without an elongate flap (Ref. 98601).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: angular.
All specimens were collected by trawl nets near the edge of the continental shelf (Ref. 75538).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Yano, K., A. Ahmad, A.C. Gambang, A.H. Idris, A.R. Solahuddin and Z. Aznan, 2005. Sharks and rays of Malaysia and Brunei, Darussalam. SEAFDEC-MFRDMD/SP/12. Kuala Terengganu. Sharks and Rays Malaysia and Brunei:557 pp. (Ref. 75538)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: bycatch
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 17.5 - 23.6, mean 20.2 °C (based on 66 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00269 (0.00140 - 0.00518), b=3.21 (3.04 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.0 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary low fecundity).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
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