Indian swellshark
| Indian swellshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Cephaloscyllium |
| Species: | C. silasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephaloscyllium silasi (Talwar, 1974) | |
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| Range of the Indian swellshark | |
The Indian swellshark, Cephaloscyllium silasi, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Indian Ocean from Quilon, India and Sauqira Bay, Oman between latitudes 16° N and 10° N, from the surface to 300 m. It grows to about 36 cm in length, and can expand its body by taking in air or water to make it appear larger to predators.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cephaloscyllium silasi" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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