Scyliorhinus hesperius — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Elasmobranchii/Carcharhiniformes/Scyliorhinidae/Scyliorhinus

At a glance

Occurrence records39

Data sources7

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Scyliorhinus hesperius's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System13 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS39 records

01Narrative

The whitesaddled catshark (Scyliorhinus hesperius) is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the upper continental slope of the western central Atlantic Ocean, off the coasts of Honduras, Panama and Colombia, between latitudes 22° N and 9° N, at depths between 274 and. It can grow to a length of 47 cm. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous but otherwise, little is known about its biology.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebathydemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max457 m

Depth min274 m

Vulnerability37

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type39 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered37

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO88 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit0

200–1000 m twilight4

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 372.9 m · max 549 m · 4 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 35 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence37

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	12
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	5
Barcelona, ES	1
Cambridge, US	1
CASlocation not on record	1
FishBaselocation not on record	1
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 22 of 37 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code