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Issue: Vol. 3937 No. 2: 25 Mar. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.6
Page range: 347–361
Abstract views: 95
PDF downloaded: 2

Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) 

Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, no. 101, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508-900, Brazil.
Laboratório de Pesquisa de Elasmobrânquios, Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio Mesquita Filho’, Campus Experimental do Litoral Paulista, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitaru, São Vicente, SP, CEP 11330-900, Brazil.
Laboratório de Taxonomia de Elasmobrânquios, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 20550-900.
Scyliorhinidae Scyliorhinus ugoi sp. nov. dark freckled catshark southwestern Atlantic Ocean Brazil

Abstract

A new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae), Scyliorhinus ugoi sp. nov., is described from off Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil. The new species is closest to the Scyliorhinus haeckelii/besnardi group and S. hesperius but differs in background coloration, head width, sexual maturity, and in cranial and body proportions.