Species under Scyliorhinus
n= 18
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Scyliorhinus besnardi
Springer & Sadowsky, 1970
Polkadot catshark Southwest Atlantic 47
Scyliorhinus boa
Goode & Bean, 1896
Boa catshark Western Atlantic 54
Scyliorhinus cabofriensis
Soares, Gomes & Carvalho, 2016
Southwest Atlantic 46.8
Scyliorhinus canicula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Lesser spotted dogfish North Sea (sw coast of Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark), Northeastern Atlantic Ocean (Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Portugal); Mediterranean Sea (Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco); nw Africa, close to the Strait of Gibraltar and to the north of Mauritania (20º30’N); including Norwegian Sea 100
Scyliorhinus capensis
(Müller & Henle, 1838)
Yellowspotted catshark Southeast Atlantic 122
Scyliorhinus cervigoni
Maurin & Bonnet, 1970
West African catshark Eastern Atlantic 67
Scyliorhinus comoroensis
Compagno, 1988
Comoro cat shark Western Indian Ocean
Scyliorhinus duhamelii
(Garman, 1913)
Duhamel’s catshark Mediterranean Sea 43.6
Scyliorhinus garmani
(Fowler, 1934)
Brownspotted catshark Indo-West Pacific 38
Scyliorhinus hachijoensis
Ito, Fujii, Nohara & Tanaka, 2022
Cinder cloudy catshark Northwest Pacific 41.6
Scyliorhinus haeckelii
(Miranda Ribeiro, 1907)
Freckled catshark Western Atlantic 60
Scyliorhinus hesperius
Springer, 1966
Whitesaddled catshark Western Central Atlantic
Scyliorhinus meadi
Springer, 1966
Blotched catshark Western Central Atlantic 49
Scyliorhinus retifer
(Garman, 1881)
Chain catshark Western Atlantic 48
Scyliorhinus stellaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nursehound Northeast Atlantic 170
Scyliorhinus torazame
(Tanaka, 1908)
Cloudy catshark Northwest Pacific 77.8
Scyliorhinus torrei
Howell Rivero, 1936
Dwarf catshark Western Central Atlantic 32
Scyliorhinus ugoi
Soares, Gadig & Gomes, 2015
Dark freckled catshark Southwest Atlantic 53.4
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