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Reticulated swellshark (Cephaloscyllium fasciatum)
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Reticulated swellshark (Cephaloscyllium fasciatum) specimen
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Scyliorhinidae

Reticulated swellshark

Cephaloscyllium fasciatum

Swallowing water to swell above reef slopes

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Medium

Reticulated swellshark is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 42 cm.

Maximum length
42 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Western Pacific: East and South China seas (off South Taiwan, China, Philippines, Vietnam).
Conservation status
CRCritically Endangered

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