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Freckled catshark
Plate 1 of 3. DE MIRANDA RIBEIRO, A. (1907), no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist

Freckled catshark

Scyliorhinus haeckelii

The freckled catshark (Scyliorhinus haeckelii) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the western Atlantic from western Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Uruguay, between latitudes 11° N and 32° S. However, specimens from the northern part of this range probably refer to other species.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 112377.