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Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Scyliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896

Scientific synonyms and common names

Scyliorhinus boa Goode and Bean, 1896

Scelliorhinus boa Goode and Bean, 1896, Ocean.Ichthyol., Spec.Bull., 2, U.S.Nat.Mus., 17, pl. 2, fig. 6.

Synonymy: None.

Other Scientific Names Recently in Use:
Scyliorhinus retifer boa Goode and Bean, 1896 (see Springer and Sadowsky, 1970).

FAO Names:
Boa catshark [English]
Roussette boa [French]
Alitán boa [Spanish]
SCYL Scyl 4 [FAO Code]

Boa catshark (Scyliorhinus boa)