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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)
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. ...
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 .
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).
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Sharks portal; The Indian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium silasi) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Indian Ocean from Quilon, India and Sauqira Bay, Oman between latitudes 16° N and 10° N, from the surface to 300 m.