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Saddled swellshark (Cephaloscyllium variegatum)
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Saddled swellshark (Cephaloscyllium variegatum) specimen
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Scyliorhinidae

Saddled swellshark

Cephaloscyllium variegatum

Dark saddles descend eastern Australian slopes

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Elongated
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Saddled swellshark is known around Southwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 72 cm.

Maximum length
72 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Southwest Pacific: Australia.
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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