Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scyliorhnus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diagnosis: snout shorter than width across the mouth; nostrils joined to mouth by very shallow channels formed by a depressed area of the upper lip; these channels covered by large nasal flaps, which almost join in the midline and cover the front of upper jaw. Upper labial furrows absent; on the outer edge of nostril, interior nasal flap pointed. Origin of second dorsal fin level with the hind end of anal fin base. Colour: upper surfaces sandy or brown, covered by numerous small dark spots about the size of the pupil; lower surfaces unmarked. Size: to about 100 cm, usually 75 cm.

Habitat: benthic over gravelly, sandy and muddy bottoms, from shallow waters to about 110 m (around British Isles) or to about 400 m (Mediterranean). Food: bottom-living invertebrates (molluscs, crustaceans), small bottom-living and midwater fishes. Reproduction: oviparous. Spawning takes place in shallow water, egg-laying occurring from November to July or later; size at hatching 9-10 cm.

Distribution: Atlantic coasts northward to the Shetlands and southern Norway; also, whole of Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. Elsewhere, southward to Senegal.

Complementary inconography. Bonaparte, 1834, fasc. 7 | Lozano Rey, 1928, fig. 86-87, pl. 2 (fig. 1) | Tortonese, 1956, fig. 62-65 | Bini, 1967, fig. on pp. 57-58 | Wheeler, 1969, fig. 13-14.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Oviparous. Ford, 1921: 486, 497, fig. 8-9.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Chondrichthyes
Superorder Pleurotremata
Family Scyliorhinidae
Genus Scyliorhinus
Species Scyliorhinus canicula

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Scyliorhnus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms:

Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Squalus Canicula Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X: 234 ('Habitat in Oceano Europae'). Type: unknown.
Scyllium acanthonotum De Filippi & Vérany, 1859, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, 2,18: 193, fig. 2 (Albenga, gulf of Genoa), Holotype: MZUT 2497 (= young S. canicula).
Scyllium canicula: Cuvier, 1817b, 2: 124 Müller & Henle, 1841: 61 Bonaparte, 1846: 81 Soljan, 1948: 54 (Adriatic).
Scylliorhinus canicula: Collett, 1905a: 94 Lozano Rey, 1928: 306 Maurin & Bonnet, 1970: 129.
Scyliorhinus canicula: Regan, 1908a: 458 (in family synopsis) I Tortonese, 1956: 127 Bini, 1967: 57.
Catulus caniculus: Garman, 1913: 72.
Catulus duhamelii Garman, 1913, Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 36: 73. Type: MCZ no. 60-63 (Nice, Adriatic).
Scyliorhinus caniculus: Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948b: 203 Wheeler, 1969: 45 Capapé, 1977a: 83, 9 fig.

Common names:

Smallspotted catshark [En]
small-spotted dogfish [En]
Petite roussette [Fr]
kleingefleckter Katzenhai [De]
Pintarroja [Es]
ktat [Ar]
småplettet rødhaj [Da]
skylàki [He]
macka [Hr]
gattuccio [It]
gildan [Iw]
hondshaai [Ne]
samplettet rödhai [No]
pintarroxa [Pr]
kedi [Tu]

Bini, G. 1967-72. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 p., 66 fig+64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 p., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 p., 34 fig+63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 p., 34 fig+49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 p., 22 fig.+56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 p., 48 fig+57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 p., 57 fig.+59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 p., 34+63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Bonaparte, C. L. 1832-41, Iconografia della Fauna italica per le quattro classi degli Animali Vertebrati, tomo III, Pesci, Roma, without pagination, 75 puntate (in 30 fasc.), 78 pl.

Bonaparte, C. L. 1845. Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 1-95 (also publ. sep., Napoli, 1846, 97 p.).

Collett, R.1905a. Meddelelser om Norges Fiske i Aarene 1884-1901(3 die Hoved-Supplement til 'Norges Fiske', III Slutning). Forh. Vidensk. Selsk. Krist., (7) :1-173.

Cuvier, G.1817b. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, 4 vol. Paris. Poissons, 2 :104-351.

Filippi, F. de; Verany, J. B. 1859. Sopra alcuni pesci nuovi o poco noti del Mediterraneo. Memorie Accad Sci. Torino, (2)18 :187-199,1 pl. (also sep., Torino, 15 p., 1 pl.)-

Ford, E. 1921. A contribution to our knowledge of the life-histories of the dogfishes landed at Plymouth. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K (New series), 12 (3): 468-505, 17 fig.

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. X, vol. 1, 824 p. Nantes & Pisces: 230-338. (Reprint, 1956, London.)

Lozano y Rey, L.1928. Fauna Ibérica. Pesces (Generalidades, Ciclóstomos y Elasmobranquios). Mus. Nac. Ciencias Nat., Madrid, 1:1-692,197 fig., 20 pl.

Müller, J.; Henle, J.1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin, xxii+204 p., 60 pl.

Maurin, C.; Bonnet, M. 1970. Poissons des côtes nord-ouest africaines (Campagnes de la 'Thalassa', 1962 et 1968). Rev. Trav. Inst. (scient. tech.) Pech. marit., 34 (2): 125-170, fig. 1-26.

Regan, C. T.1908a. A revision of the sharks of the family Orectolobidae. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 1908: 347-364, pl. 11-12.

Soljan, T. 1948. Fauna i flora jadrana. 1. Ribe Inst. Oceanogr. Ribarst. Jugoslavia. Zagreb, Hrvatske, 437 p., 1350 fig.

Tortonese, E. 1956b. Leptocardia, Ciclostomata, Selachii. Fauna Ital., 2: 334 p., 163 fig.

Wheeler, A. 1969. The Fishes of the British Isles and North-West Europe. Macmillan, London, Melbourne and Toronto: i-xvii+1-163, 5+177 fig., +392 fig. (princ. sp.)+92 n. num. fig., 16 pl., maps.

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