| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | CHONDRICHTHYES | CARCHARHINIFORMES | SCYLIORHINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Scyliorhinus meadi | |||||||||
| Species Authority | Springer, 1966 | |||||||||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s | Sherrill-Mix, S.A. & Burgess, G.M. |
| Evaluator/s: | Kyne, P.M., Stevens, J., Pollard, D., Dudley, S. & Cavanagh, R.D. (Shark Red List Authority) |
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Justification: Scyliorhinus meadi is a poorly known rare deepwater catshark occurring in the Western Central Atlantic from the US southeast Atlantic coast to Santaren Channel between Cuba and Bahamas Bank, the Cayman Trench (Jamaica) and Mexico (Gulf of Mexico and northern Yucatan Peninsula). Recorded from the upper continental slope at depths of 329 to 548 m. Due to its apparent rarity it is infrequently captured and adults have not yet been observed. Given the lack of available information the species is assessed as Data Deficient. |
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| Range Description: | Restricted to the Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida (USA) and south to Santaren Channel between Cuba and Bahamas Bank (Springer 1979, Compagno in prep. b), Cayman Trench, off northern Jamaica (McLaughlin and Morrissey 2004), Mexico (Gulf of Mexico and northern Yucatan Peninsula) (Compagno et al. 2005). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Mexico (Campeche, Yucatán); United States (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina)
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Atlantic – western central
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| Population: | Reported to be rare (Parsons 1985, Compagno in prep. b). |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Known from the upper continental slope at depths of 329 to 548 m (Springer 1979, Compagno in prep. b). Biology is very poorly known. Believed to be oviparous based on enlarged oviducal glands although no egg cases have been observed (Compagno in prep. b). Largest observed specimen is a 49 cm TL immature male and Springer (1979) predicts a relatively large size for this Scyliorhinus species.
Stomach contents include cephalopods, shrimp and bony fishes (Parsons 1985). Life history parameters Age at maturity (years): Unknown. Size at maturity (total length): Female: >43 cm TL (Parsons 1985); Male: >49 cm TL (Springer 1979, Compagno in prep. b). Longevity (years): Unknown. Maximum size (total length cm): Unknown. Size at birth (cm): Unknown. Average reproductive age (years): Unknown. Gestation time (months): Unknown. Reproductive periodicity: Unknown. Average annual fecundity or litter size: Unknown. Annual rate of population increase: Unknown. Natural mortality: Unknown. |
| Systems: | Marine |
| Major Threat(s): |
May be taken as bycatch in demersal deepwater trawl fisheries, but this species is very rarely caught (J. Castro, pers. comm.).
Utilisation None. |
| Conservation Actions: | Specimens are scarce and further information is required to better define the species’ distribution, habitat and life history. |
| Citation: | Sherrill-Mix, S.A. & Burgess, G.M. 2006. Scyliorhinus meadi. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008. |
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