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The swell shark is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the central California coast to southern Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There is an additional population off the coast of Chile. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It can be found between the depths of 5 and 457 m (16 and 1,499 ft), but is most common between 5 and 37 m (16 and 121 ft).
Cephaloscyllium sufflans Regan, 1921 (balloon shark) Cephaloscyllium umbratile D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (blotchy swellshark) Cephaloscyllium variegatum Last, Séret & W. T. White, 2008 (saddled swellshark) Cephaloscyllium ventriosum Garman, 1880 (swellshark) Cephaloscyllium zebrum Last, Séret & W. T. White, 2008 (narrowbar swellshark)
Range of the blotchy swell shark [2] The blotchy swellshark or Japanese swellshark ( Cephaloscyllium umbratile ) is a common species of catshark , belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae . The Blotchy swellshark is found at depths of 90–200 m (300–660 ft) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean , from Japan to Taiwan .
The Australian reticulate swellshark (Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum) is a little-known species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae.It is found off the coast of northwestern Australia at depths of 290–420 m (950–1,380 ft).
Sharks portal; The reticulated swellshark (Cephaloscyllium fasciatum) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.The Reticulated swellshark is found in the western Pacific Ocean between latitudes 21° N and 28° S, at depths between 220 and 450 m.
The mode of oviparity in the Sarawak pygmy swellshark has been found to differ considerably from the two previously defined modes of oviparity found in Chondrichthyans. ...
A small Cephaloscyllium species at around 44 cm (17 in) long, the narrowbar swellshark has a robust body and a short, broad, and flattened head. The snout is rounded, with the nostrils preceded by laterally expanded skin flaps that do not reach the long and narrow mouth.
This shark is found in the Arafura Sea at a depth of 223–300 m (732–984 ft). It is a stocky-bodied shark with a short, broad head and a large mouth, and can be identified by the eight dark, pale-edged saddles along its grayish brown body and tail. The maximum known length of this species is 30 cm (12 in).