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Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
Swell Shark
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0805 0431 (2005-08-06)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 1983
  • latitude 33.99803   longitude -119.85809   max error distance 13292 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Santa Barbara County, California, US)
  • family Scyliorhinidae
  • order Carcharhiniformes
  • class Chondrichthyes
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   Cryptic, sedentary shark. When disturbed, it can inflate its stomach with water or air and wedge into crevices.
  • camera   Nikon in Oceanic housing
  • photo category: Animal - Fish

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Swell Shark (ITIS ) Swell Shark (photographer)
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