Cephaloscyllium isabellum

Cephaloscyllium isabellum

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Cephaloscyllium
Species: Cephaloscyllium isabellum

Name

Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

• Holotype: apparently lost.

Type locality: Southwestern Pacific.

Etymology: The specific name isabellum refers acc. to "The ETYFishproject" to a seldom-used adjective, isabelline, also known as isabelle, variously described as a pale gray-yellow, pale fawn, or pale cream-brown parchment color.

Synonyms

• Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788
• Scyllium lima Richardson, 1843

Vernacular names

English: Draughtsboard Shark

References

• Bonnaterre, J.P. 1788. Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris. i–lvi + 1–215, Pls. A–B + 1–100. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• The ETYFish Project
• GBIF