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Cephaloscyllium circulopullum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Cephaloscyllium
Species: C. circulopullum
Binomial name
Cephaloscyllium circulopullum
Ka. Yano, A. Ahmad & Gambang, 2005
Synonyms
  • Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis

Cephaloscyllium circulopullum, known commonly as the Circle-blotch pygmy swell shark in Malaysia, is a species of catshark in the genus Cephaloscyllium. It is a tropical catshark found around Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, in the western Pacific Ocean. It was named by K. Yano, A. Ahmed, A.C. Gambang, Hamid Idris, A. Razel Azan, and Zainal Aznan in 2005, and can reach a maximum length of 37.8 centimetres. Cephaloscyllium circulopullum is a junior synonym of Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis.

References

  1. Common names for Cephaloscyllium circulopullum at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Cephaloscyllium circulopullum at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Yano, K., A. Ahmed, A.C. Gambang, A., Hamid Idris, A. Razel Azan and Zainal Aznan, 2005 Sharks and rays of Malaysia and Brunei, Darusalam. SEAFDEC-MFRDMD/SP/12. Kuala Terengganu. Sharks and rays of Malaysia and Brunei, Darusalam.: 557 pp.
  4. Nakaya, K., Inoue, S. & Hsuan, C. H. 2013. A review of the genus Cephaloscyllium (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Taiwanese waters. aqua International Journal of Ichthyology, 3752 (1): 101-129.


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