Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Carcharhiniformes > Scyliorhinidae > Scyliorhinus > Scyliorhinus stellaris

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Rigg; Nurse-hound; Nursehound; Nurse; Large-spotted dogfish; Larger spotted dogfish; Hound; Greate-spotted dogfish; Greater spotted dogfish; Flake catfish; Flake; Dogfish; Bull huss)

Synonyms: Scyllium acanthonotum (heterotypic); Scyllium catulus; Squalus stellaris
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Wikipedia Abstract

The nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris), also known as the large-spotted dogfish, greater spotted dogfish, or bull huss, is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is generally found among rocks or algae at a depth of 20–60 m (66–197 ft). Growing up to 1.6 m (5.2 ft) long, the nursehound has a robust body with a broad, rounded head and two dorsal fins placed far back. It shares its range with the more common and closely related small-spotted catshark (S. canicula), which it resembles in appearance but can be distinguished from, in having larger spots and nasal skin flaps that do not extend to the mouth.
View Wikipedia Record: Scyliorhinus stellaris

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Scyliorhinus stellaris

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  19 years

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1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
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.
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
4Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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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