Species: Scyliorhinus retifer, Chain dogfish, Chain catshark
Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881)
Chain catshark, Chain dogfish
Head and body relatively slender; crest over horizontally oval eye; anterior nasal flaps not expanded and do not reach mouth; labial furrows on lower jaw only; first dorsal fin origin just behind pelvic insertions; second dorsal fin much smaller than first, origin just anterior to anal fin insertion; space between dorsals slightly greater than anal fin base; skin denticles small and flat, surface of skin relatively smooth.
Color pattern of bold black chain-pattern lines, outlining obscure dusky saddles, sometimes extending over lateral surfaces and back as a reticular network; no light or dark spots.
Size: 59 cm.
Depth: 73-812 m.
Habitat: soft and rocky bottoms.
Western North Atlantic: Massachusetts to the Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- In & Offshore
- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic phase
- No pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- All species
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends North of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 812
- Depth Range Min
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- 73
- Length Max
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- 59
