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Yellowspotted catshark
| Yellowspotted catshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Scyliorhinus |
| Species: | S. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scyliorhinus capensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838)
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The yellowspotted catshark (Scyliorhinus capensis) is a rare catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in the southeast Atlantic, from Lüderitz, Namibia to central Natal, South Africa, between latitudes 0° and 37° S. It can grow up to a length of about 1.22 metres (4 ft 0 in). The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
- ^ Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Gledhill, K.; Leslie, R.; McCord, M.E.; Winker, H. (2020). "Scyliorhinus capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39349A124404210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39349A124404210.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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