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Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinidae is a family of sharks, one of a few families whose members share the common name catsharks, belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes, the ground sharks. Although they are generally known as catsharks, some species can also be called dogfish due to previous naming. However, a dogfish may generally be distinguished from a catshark as catsharks lay eggs while dogfish have live young, as well as the fact that dogfish lack an anal fin. Like most bottom feeders, catsharks feed on benthic invertebrates and smaller fish. They are not harmful to humans. The family is paraphyletic, contai
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Scyliorhinidae is a family of marine cat sharks within the class Elasmobranchii and order Carcharhiniformes. The taxon belongs to the phylum Chordata and kingdom Animalia. The family name was established by Gill in 1862 and is currently accepted.
Records for this family are held by institutions including NHMUK, FHSM, USNM, SDNHM, and TCWC. Specimens have been documented in the United Kingdom, United States, and Lebanon. The family is referenced by 468 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
cat sharks
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
- FamilyScyliorhinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 167
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, FHSM, USNM, SDNHM, TCWC, UF
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, United States, Lebanon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Carcharhiniformes
- Image
- Chain catshark.png
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- taxon name
- Scyliorhinidae
- taxon rank
- family
- Commons category
- Scyliorhinidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Scyliorhinidae
- taxon common name
- morske mačke
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Genera
- Anatomy and appearance
- Distribution
- Behaviour
- Reproduction
- References
- External links
Scyliorhinidae is a family of sharks, one of a few families whose members share the common name catsharks, belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes, the ground sharks. Although they are generally known as catsharks, some species can also be called dogfish due to previous naming. However, a dogfish may generally be distinguished from a catshark as catsharks lay eggs while dogfish have live young, as well as the fact that dogfish lack an anal fin. Like most bottom feeders, catsharks feed on benthic invertebrates and smaller fish. They are not harmful to humans. The family is paraphyletic, containing several distinct lineages that do not form a monophyletic group.
== Genera == right |thumb |Small-spotted catshark right |thumb |Small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula
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