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Swell Shark

Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

Classification

The swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) is a catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean from between central California to southern Mexico, with an additional population off the coast of Chile. They are known to have brown and white spots along with broad heads.

Distribution

(c) Sparks, J. S.; Schelly, R. C.; Smith, W. L.; Davis, M. P.; Tchernov, D.; Pieribone, V. A.; Gruber, D. F., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 24,147Mexico · 4