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Scyliorhinus capensis (Yellowspotted catshark; Yellow-spotted cat shark)

Synonyms: Scyllium capense; Sycliorhinus capense
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Wikipedia Abstract

The yellowspotted catshark, Scyliorhinus capensis, is a rare catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in the southeast Atlantic, from Lüderitz, Namibia to central Natal, South Africa, between latitudes 0° and 37° S. It can grow up to a length of about 1.22 metres (4 ft 0 in). The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
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Prey / Diet

Sepia australis (southern cuttlefish)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chelidonichthys capensis (Gurnard)1
Holohalaelurus regani (Mottled dog-fish)1
Leucoraja wallacei (Yellowspotted skate)1
Lophius vomerinus (Cape monk)1
Merluccius capensis (Cape hake)1

Predators

Rostroraja alba (White skate)[2]
Triakis megalopterus (Spotty)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0