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Scyliorhinidae
striped catshark
Poroderma africanum
Bold black stripes run from snout to tail base
- Tropical
- Island endemic
- Island endemic species
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Largestriped catshark is known from Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Ground Sharks
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Genus
- Poroderma
- Maximum length
- 101 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southeast Atlantic: endemic to South Africa (Ref. 12484 ). There are old records from Madagascar and Mauritius, but these require confirmation (Ref. 244 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
