| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | CHONDRICHTHYES | CARCHARHINIFORMES | SCYLIORHINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Scyliorhinus torrei | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | Howell-Rivero, 1936 | |||||||||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2009 |
| Assessor/s: | Sherrill-Mix, S.A. & Burgess, G.H. |
| Reviewer/s: | Kyne, P.M., Stevens, J.D., Pollard, D. & Dudley, S. (Shark Red List Authority) |
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Justification: Little is known about this deepwater catshark. Its population and biology is poorly understood. It has only been caught off southern Florida (USA), Cuba and the Bahamas. Since this shark is only rarely caught, it is being placed in the Least Concern category. If fishing pressure increases, this status should immediately be reassessed due to the small range of this species. |
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| Range Description: | Restricted range in the western central Atlantic: USA (southern Florida), Bahamas and northern Cuba (Compagno in prep. b.). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Bahamas; Cuba; United States (Florida)
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Atlantic – western central
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| Population: | Reported to be uncommon (Compagno in prep. b.). |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Upper continental slope at depths of 229?550 m (most records below 366 m) (Compagno in prep. b.). Virtually nothing known of the species? biology. Reaches a maximum size of ~32 cm TL (Compagno in prep. b.). |
| Systems: | Marine |
| Major Threat(s): | May be taken in demersal deepwater trawl fisheries, but this species is very rarely caught (J. Castro, pers. comm.). |
| Conservation Actions: | Further specimens are required to obtain information on life history. |
| Citation: | Sherrill-Mix, S.A. & Burgess, G.H. 2009. Scyliorhinus torrei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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