Saldanha catshark
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. A stout, plain catshark with moderately large eyes, a long, thick and broad snout, and long labial furrows; mouth not projecting in front of eyes; pectoral fins large . Uniformly dark grey-brown .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous . Paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 453 - 717 m . Deep-water; 31°S - 40°S Southeast Atlantic: Cape Columbine to south of False Bay in South Africa (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
small bony fish and cephalopods (Ref
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🔍 Similar Species
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