Cephaloscyllium isabellum
Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Cephaloscyllium
Species: Cephaloscyllium isabellum

Name

Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

  • Holotype: apparently lost.

Type locality: Southwestern Pacific.

Etymology: The specific name isabellum refers acc. to "The ETYFishproject" to a seldom-used adjective, isabelline, also known as isabelle, variously described as a pale gray-yellow, pale fawn, or pale cream-brown parchment color.

Synonyms

Vernacular names

English: Draughtsboard Shark

References

  • Bonnaterre, J. P.; 1788: Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris. i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B + 1-100.
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