The striped feline shark [1] ( Proscyllium habereri ) is a species of cartilaginous fish of the genus of striped sharks of the family of striped feline sharks of the carcharine order. It lives in the Pacific Ocean on the continental and island shelves at a depth of 50 to 100 m. The maximum recorded length is 65 cm. These sharks have a thin elongated body, covered with numerous dark brown and white spots. Propagated by live birth . The diet consists of small bony fish , crustaceans and cephalopods . Not subject to commercial fishing.
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Family: | Striped cat sharks |
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Proscyllium habereri ( Hilgendorf , 1904 ) |
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Calliscyllium venustum Tanaka, 1913 |
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Not enough data IUCN Data Deficient : 161733 |
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The species was first described in 1904 [2] . The holotype is a male 51.3 cm long [3] . The species Calliscyllium venustum (Tanaka, 1915) was experimentally included in the synonyms of the striped feline shark despite small differences in the color of the holotypes of these two species of sharks [4] [5] . Unfortunately, the holotype Calliscyllium venustum was lost, so it is not possible to directly compare them. However, the study of samples of sharks of the genus Proscyllium from Okinawa , Taiwan , the South China Sea and Java showed that their color can vary greatly. In 1983, a detailed description was made of the holotype of the striped feline shark [6] .
Striped cat sharks live in the northwestern and central Pacific Ocean off the coast of Java, Vietnam , China , Taiwan, Korea , the Ryukyu Islands and off the southeastern coast of Japan . They are kept at the bottom on the continental and island shelf at a depth of 50-100 m [7] .
Striped cat sharks have a thin, elongated body. The distance from the tip of the snout to the mouth is 2/3 of the width of the mouth. At the corners of the mouth there are very short labial furrows. Large oval eyes are elongated horizontally and equipped with blinking membranes . The nostrils are framed by large skin flaps. The distance between the nostrils is from 0.4 to 0.6 of the width of the nostrils. The base of the first dorsal fin lies in front of the base of the ventral fins. The first and second dorsal fins are approximately equal in height. The anal fin is substantially smaller than both dorsal fins; its base lies in front of the base of the second dorsal fin. The caudal fin is wide and short; its length is from 17 to 21% of the body length. The body is covered with numerous dark brown and white spots [7] [8] .
Striped cat sharks breed by egg-laying. Males and females reach maturity at a length of 42β57 cm and 51β65 cm, respectively. The maximum recorded length is 65 cm. The diet consists of small bony fish, crustaceans, including crabs, and cephalopods [7] .
The view is not dangerous to humans. It has no commercial value. Sometimes by-catch in deep-sea trawls. The species is sensitive to anthropogenic impact; more than 14 years are required to double the population size. Data to assess the conservation status of the species is not enough [9] .
Striped feline shark in the FishBase database.
