The brownspotted catshark (''Scyliorhinus garmani'') is a rare
catshark of the
family Scyliorhinidae, found in the
Indo-West Pacific between
latitudes
11° N and
12° S. Its juvenile length is about 38 cm, but its adult size is mostly unknown. The reproduction of this catshark is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno ...
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Naming
The specific name ''garmani'' was dedicated to
Samuel Walton Garman (1843–1927), renowned herpetologist and ichthyologist of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
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References
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brownspotted catshark
Fish of the Philippines
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