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| Kinds | - Cephaloscyllium albipinnum, Whitefin Swell-shark
- Cephaloscyllium cooki, Cook' s Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium fasciatum, Reticulated Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum, Australian Reticulate Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium isabellum, Draughtsboard Shark
- Cephaloscyllium laticeps, Draughtboard Shark
- Cephaloscyllium signourum, Flagtail Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium silasi, Indian Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium speccum, Speckled Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium sufflans, Balloon Shark
- Cephaloscyllium umbratile, Blotchy Swell Shark
- Cephaloscyllium variegatum, Northern Draughtboard Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, Swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium zebrum, Narrowbar Swellshark
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Main identification features
- head short, flat, broad
- robust body
- 1st dorsal fin at rear
- dark bars and spots
- c: very asymmetric
CEPHALOSCYLLIUM
SWELL SHARKS
Body stout, tapering to tail; head and snout short, flattened, broad; mouth arched, angular, without lip furrows; eyes horizontal ovals; stomach inflatable; five small gill slits, last two over pectoral; two dorsal fins: first much larger, with origin over pelvic fins, second with origin over anal; pectorals large, blunt; tail short, broad, with little or no lower lobe.
About eight species in this genus which has a primarily tropical to temperate distribution in western Pacific, eastern Pacific and Indian Ocean; with one species endemic to the eastern Pacific.
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- Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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