Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diagnosis: snout shorter than width across the mouth; nostrils not joined to mouth, without depressed areas of the upper lip; nasal flaps widely separated and not quite reaching to edge of upper lip. Upper labial furrows absent on the outer edge of nostril, interior nasal flap broad and reaching weil across the snout. Origin of the second dorsal fin slightly in advance of the posterior end of the anal fin base. Colour: upper body surfaces sandy or greyish, covered by rounded dark spots larger than the pupil, rather sparsely distributed. Size: to 162 cm, usually 130 cm.

Habitat: benthic over rough, even rocky or coralline ground, from shallow waters to about 65 m around British Isles. Food: bottom-living invertebrates (molluscs, crustaceans) and demersal fishes. Reproduction: oviparous; size at hatching 16 cm.

Distribution: Atlantic coasts from Morocco northward to the Shetlands
(rare) and southern Scandinavia; also, Mediterranean.

Complementary iconography. Bonaparte, 1834, fasc. 7 | Lozano Rey, 1928, fig. 88-90 | Tortonese, 1956, fig. 66-69 | Bini, 1967, fig. on pp. 59-60 | Wheeler, 1969, fig. 15 | Marshall, 1971: col. fig. 42.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Oviparous. Ford, 1921: 492, 499, fig. 5-7,16-19 | Bini, 1967: 60, fig. d.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms:

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Squalus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758, ed. X: 235 ('Habitat in Mari Europaeo'). Type: unknown.
Scyllium catulus Müller & Henle, 1841, Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: 9. Type: unknown.
Scyliorhinus stellaris: Regan, 1908: 457 Tortonese, 1956: 130 Bini, 1967: 59 Wheeler, 1969: 44 Capapé 1977: 3.
Catulus stellaris: Garman, 1913: 75.

Common names:

Nursehound [En]
large-spotted dogfish [En]
Grande roussette [Fr]
Grossgefleckter Katzenhai [De]
Alitán [Es]
qattous [Ar]
storplettet rødhaj [Da]
gatos [He]
macka [Hr]
gattopardo [It]
kathaai [Ne]
patarroxa [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.

Capapé, C. 1977. Contribution a la connaissance de la biologie des Scyliorhinidae des cotes tunisiennes. III. Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linne, l958). Acta adriatica, 1 7 (14): 3-2 1.

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.

Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (Sharks, Skates, and Rays). Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 36: xiii+528 p., 77 pl.

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.

Marshall, N. B.1971. La vie des Poissons. Lausanne, Ed. Rencontre, trad. L. Dile, revis. scient. M.-L. Bauchot. I (Encycl. Nat., vol. 8) :1-384, fig. 1-302; II (Encycl. Nat., vol. 9): 385-768, fig. 303-645.

Regan, C. T.1908b. A synopsis of the sharks of the family Scyliorhinidae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8)1: 453-465.

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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