Nursehound
📖 Overview
A common inshore and offshore shark found on the continental shelf over rough, even rocky or coralline ground, and algal-covered bottoms. Found at depths of 1 or 2 m to at least 125 m. Feed on bottom-living invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans and on demersal fishes (e.g. sharks, S. canicula). Oviparous . Utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption, and processed into fishmeal. May attain 170 cm .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. A large, fairly stocky, catshark with large and small black spots and sometimes white spots covering dorsal surface, saddle markings obsolete, small anterior nasal flaps that do not reach the mouth, no nasoral grooves, labial furrows on lower jaw only, second dorsal fin much smaller than first : elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Nursehound is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous, with a single egg per oviduct . Embryos feed solely on yolk . Size at hatching about 16 cm .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 400 m , usually 20 - 63 m . Subtropical; 63°N - 12°N, 19°W - 37°E Northeast Atlantic: southern Scandinavia to Mediterranean, Morocco, Mauritania to Senegal (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
bottom-living invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans and on demersal fishes (e
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bull Huss · Dogfish · Flake catfish · Greate-spotted dogfish · Greater spotted dogfish · Hound · Large Spotted Dogfish · Large-spotted dogfish · Larger spotted dogfish · Nurse · Nursehound · Rigg · large spotted dog-fish · Nurse Hound |
| 🌍BRE | Touilh rous · bleiz mor · farlot · kribin · marc'ha dour · touill bras |
| 🏳️Catalan | Gatva¡re · gatvaire |
| 🌍CES | máčka velkoskvrná |
| 🌍COS | Gattubardu |
| 🌍CYM | Morgwn Brych · morgi brych |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Storplettet rødhaj |
| 🇩🇪German | Grossgefleckter Katzenhai · Großer Katzenhai · Hundshai · Katzenhai · Pantherhai |
| 🌍ELL | Γάτος · Γατοψαράκι · Σκυλόψαρο |
| 🌍EUS | Momar |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Täpläpunahai |
| 🇫🇷French | Chat-rochier · Gat rouquin · Grande roussette · Roussette à grandes taches · grande rousette |
| 🌍GLG | Roxa |
| 🇭🇷Croatian | Mačka mrkulja |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | Nagy macskacápa |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Gattopardo · Gattuccio maggiore |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | ヨーロッパトラザメ |
| 🌍LIT | žvaigždėtasis katryklis |
| 🌍MLT | Gattarell · Gattarell Tar-Rukkal · Gattarell tal-blat · Qattus tar-rukkal |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Kathaai |
| 🌍NNO | storflekka raudhai |
| 🌍NOB | storflekket rødhai |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Storflekket rødhai |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Rekinek panterka a. plamisty · rekinek plamisty |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Gata · Lixa · Pata-roxa-gata · Pata-roxa-grande · Tubarão-gato-europeu |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Звёздчатая кошачья акула · Звёздчатый морской пёс · Крупнопятнистая кошачья акула · звездчатая · или крупнопятнистая · кошачья акула |
| 🌍SLV | velika morska mačka |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Alitán · Breka · Cazó nazopado · Gat · Gat vayre · Gata · Gatet · Gato marino · Gatvayra · Gatún · Lija · Lixa · Moma · Momarra · Muxina · Patarroxa · Pintarroja · Pitarrosa · Renuda |
| 🌍SQI | Dac-deti · daci i detit |
| 🌍SRP | Macka mrkulja · Morska macka |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Storfläckig rödhaj |
| 🌍TUR | Kedi baligi · kedi balığı |
| 🌍UKR | Акула котяча нянька |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scyllium acanthonotum | De Filippi | 1857 | Heterotypic |
| Scyllium catulus | Müller & Henle | 1838 | Synonym |
| Squalus stellaris | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
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🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
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