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Scyliorhinus besnardi (Polkadot catshark; Polka-dot cat shark)

Synonyms: Scyliorhinus retifer besnardi
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Wikipedia Abstract

The freckled catshark, Scyliorhinus haeckelii, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the western Atlantic from western Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Uruguay, between latitudes 11° N and 32° S.
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Prey / Diet

Illex argentinus (Argentine Shortfin Squid)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ahamulina catarina[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Santos RA, Haimovici M. 2000. The Argentine short-finned squid Illex argentinus in the food webs of southern Brazil. Sarsia 85:49-60
♦ 2Pollerspöck, 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