AUSTRALIAN SWELLSHARK

Cephaloscyllium laticeps


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Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Duméril, 1853) Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Duméril, 1853)

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Found on the continental shelf from close inshore in shallow to deeper water. Oviparous, hatching at about 14 cm (Ref. 6871). Can expand itself with air or water. Caught by commercial bottom trawlers but of no use to fisheries at present.