Nurse hound

Reproduction is oviparous.

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The Nurse hound lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 45 - 500 m environment.

Nurse Hound, West African Angelfish, West African Cat Shark, West African Catshark Common Names in French: Roussette Thalassa Common Names in Mandarin Chinese: 西非貓鯊, 西非猫鲨, 西非貓鯊 Common Names in Spanish: More

Nurse hound - Scyliorhinus stellaris - - Scyliorhinus stellaris Image Paul Newland - Egg cases from the nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris. Image width ca XX cm. More

Nurse Hound, Scyliorhinus stellaris Irish Record Fish: 23.75 lbs 10. More

Common names

Akula-koshka in Russian (русский язык)
Alitán in Spanish (español)
Alitán africano in Spanish (español)
Attupardu in Italian (Italiano)
Barbe in Italian (Italiano)
Barde in Italian (Italiano)
bleiz mor in Breton (brezhoneg)
Bozlekelikedi baligi in Turkish (Türkçe)
Bozlekelikedi balığı in Turkish (Türkçe)
Breka in Spanish (español)
Bull huss in English
Cazó nazopado in Spanish (español)
Chat-rochier in French (français)
Dac-deti in Albanian (Shqip)
Diobarda in Italian (Italiano)
Dogfish in English
farlot in Breton (brezhoneg)
Flake in English
Flake catfish in English
Gat in Catalan (Català)
Gat in Spanish (español)
Gat rouquin in French (français)
Gat vayre in Spanish (español)
Gata in Portuguese (Português)
Gata in Spanish (español)
Gata nostrana in Italian (Italiano)
Gata sciava in Italian (Italiano)
Gatet in Spanish (español)
Gato marino in Spanish (español)
Gatopsaraki in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Gatopsaraki in Greek, Modern (1453)
Gatos in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Gatos in Greek, Modern (1453)
Gatta d'argua in Italian (Italiano)
Gattarell in Maltese (Malti)
Gattarell tal-blat in Maltese (Malti)
Gattarell Tar-Rukkal in Maltese (Malti)
Gattopardo in Italian (Italiano)
Gattu bardu in Corsican (corsu)
Gattu di mari in Italian (Italiano)
Gattu steddari in Italian (Italiano)
Gattubardu in Italian (Italiano)
Gattuccio in Italian (Italiano)
Gattuccio maggiore in Italian (Italiano)
Gattucia in Italian (Italiano)
Gattupardu in Italian (Italiano)
Gattuso in Italian (Italiano)
Gatún in Spanish (español)
Gatvaire in Catalan (Català)
Gatvaire in Spanish (español)
Gatvayra in Spanish (español)
Gildon cokhavi in Hebrew (‫עברית)
Govag in Manx (Ghaelg)
Grand chat de mer in French (français)
Grande rosetta in Italian (Italiano)
Grande roussette in French (français)
Greate-spotted dogfish in English
Greater spotted dogfish in English
Großer Katzenhai in German (Deutsch)
grossgefleckter Katzenhai in German (Deutsch)
Hartouka gata in Arabic (‫العربية)
Hound in English
Hundshai in German (Deutsch)
Irsh in Arabic (‫العربية)
Jattaredda in Italian (Italiano)
Jattefarre in Italian (Italiano)
Jattolla in Italian (Italiano)
Jattupaddu 'i rocca in Italian (Italiano)
Jattuparda in Italian (Italiano)
Jattupardu in Italian (Italiano)
Kalb bahar in Arabic (‫العربية)
Kalb el bah'r in Arabic (‫العربية)
Kathaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Katzenhai in German (Deutsch)
Kedi baligi in Turkish (Türkçe)
Kedi balığı in Turkish (Türkçe)
Kelb bahr in Arabic (‫العربية)
Kelb el bahr in Arabic (‫العربية)
kribin in Breton (brezhoneg)
Labardu in Italian (Italiano)
Large-spotted dogfish in English
Larger spotted dogfish in English
lija in Spanish (español)
Liobardo in Italian (Italiano)
Lixa in Portuguese (Português)
Lixa in Spanish (español)
Mačka mrkulja in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Macka mrkulja in Serbian (српски језик)
Máčka víceskvrnitá in Czech (česky)
marc'ha dour in Breton (brezhoneg)
Moma in Spanish (español)
Momarra in Spanish (español)
Morska macka in Serbian (српски језик)
Muxina in Spanish (español)
Nagy macskacápa in Hungarian (Magyar)
Nurse in English
Nurse hound in English
Nurse-hound in English
nursehound in English
Pantherhai in German (Deutsch)
Pata-roxa-gata in Portuguese (Português)
Pata-roxa-grande in Portuguese (Português)
Patarroxa in Spanish (español)
Patarroxa-gata in Portuguese (Português)
Patarroxa-grande in Portuguese (Português)
Pintarroja in Spanish (español)
Pitarrosa in Spanish (español)
Qattus tar-rukkal in Maltese (Malti)
Rekinek panterka a. plamisty in Polish (polski)
Rekinek plamisty in Polish (polski)
Renuda in Spanish (español)
Rigg in English
Roussette in French (français)
Roussette à grandes taches in French (français)
Roussette thalassa in French (français)
Scyliorhinus stellaris in French (français)
Sgatto in Italian (Italiano)
Skylláki in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Skylláki in Greek, Modern (1453)
Skyllopsaro in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Skyllopsaro in Greek, Modern (1453)
Squalo gattopardo in Italian (Italiano)
Storfläckig rödhaj in Swedish (Svenska)
Storflekket rødhai in Norwegian (Norsk)
Storplettet rødhaj in Danish (dansk)
Täpläpunahai in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Touilh rous in Breton (brezhoneg)
touill bras in Breton (brezhoneg)
Vestafrikansk rødhaj in Danish (dansk)
West African cat shark in English
west african catshark in English
West-afrikaanse kathaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Γάτα in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Γατάκι in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Γάτος in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Γατοψαράκι in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Γατοψαράκι in Greek, Modern (1453)
Σκυλάκι in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Σκύλος in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Σκυλόψαρο in Greek (Ελληνικά)
акула большая пятнистая in Russian (русский язык)
斑点猫鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
斑點貓鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
西非猫鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
西非貓鯊 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Carcharhiniformes
Family : Scyliorhinidae
Genus : Scyliorhinus
Species : Scyliorhinus cervigoni
Authority : Maurin and Bonnet, 1970