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Cephaloscyllium sufflans
(REGAN, 1921)
Balloon shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Scyliorhinidae
Reference of the original description
New fishes from deep water off the coast of Natal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 9), 7 (41): 412–420
New fishes from deep water off the coast of Natal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 9), 7 (41): 412–420
Image of the original description
No image in first description.
No image in first description.
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Scyliorhinus (Cephaloscyllium) sufflans, Scylliorhinus sufflans
Scyliorhinus (Cephaloscyllium) sufflans, Scylliorhinus sufflans
Description :
Citation: Cephaloscyllium sufflans (REGAN, 1921): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 01/2021
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Cephaloscyllium sufflans (REGAN, 1921), © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Cephaloscyllium sufflans (REGAN, 1921), © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Common names
Pejegato balón, 
Holbiche soufflue, 
Balloon shark, Swell shark, 
Pata-roxa ensuflada
Pejegato balón, Holbiche soufflue, Balloon shark, Swell shark, Pata-roxa ensuflada
Short Description
Original diagnose after Compagno, 1984 [517]: Snout broadly rounded-angular in dorsoventral view, broad and short; anterior nasal flaps fairly elongate and lobate, not overlapping mouth posteriorly. Claspers moderately short and stout. Colour pattern of 7 light grey-brown saddles on a lighter, pale-grey brown background, these underside of head saddles obscure or absent in adults, pectorals dusky above, underside unspotted; fins without conspicuous light margins. A large species.
Original diagnose after Compagno, 1984 [517]: Snout broadly rounded-angular in dorsoventral view, broad and short; anterior nasal flaps fairly elongate and lobate, not overlapping mouth posteriorly. Claspers moderately short and stout. Colour pattern of 7 light grey-brown saddles on a lighter, pale-grey brown background, these underside of head saddles obscure or absent in adults, pectorals dusky above, underside unspotted; fins without conspicuous light margins. A large species.
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique and Natal, South Africa [517]. Records from the Gulf of Aden are doubtful. Nominal records from Viet Nam were based on an undescribed species often called Cephaloscyllium umbratile which was not even that species. Source: www.gbif.org
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique and Natal, South Africa [517]. Records from the Gulf of Aden are doubtful. Nominal records from Viet Nam were based on an undescribed species often called Cephaloscyllium umbratile which was not even that species. Source: www.gbif.org
Human uses
fisheries: of no interest
fisheries: of no interest
Biology
Oviparous, laying one egg-case per oviduct [517]. Embryos feed solely on yolk [733]. Found on the continental shelf and upper slope, preferring areas with sand and mud bottoms [536]. Feeds on benthic animals, mainly crustaceans and cephalopods, but also bony fishes, and other elasmobranches [517].
Oviparous, laying one egg-case per oviduct [517]. Embryos feed solely on yolk [733]. Found on the continental shelf and upper slope, preferring areas with sand and mud bottoms [536]. Feeds on benthic animals, mainly crustaceans and cephalopods, but also bony fishes, and other elasmobranches [517].
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=1316;
shark-references Species-ID=1316;
