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Small-spotted catshark
Scyliorhinus canicula
Specimen No. 13
Scyliorhinus canicula
Reef and seabed sharks
- The small-spotted catshark lives from Norway and the British Isles south to Senegal, and in the Mediterranean. It grows to about 1 m. Wikipedia
- In its 2021 assessment, the IUCN listed the small-spotted catshark as Least Concern. Wikipedia
- Small-spotted catsharks lay egg cases with long tendrils, mostly fixed to seaweed in shallow coastal water. Wikipedia
- A catshark embryo develops in its case for 5 to 11 months, depending on the sea temperature, and hatches at 9 to 10 cm long. Wikipedia