Scyliorhinus
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Scyliorhinus
| image = chain catshark.png
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = Chain Catshark
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Chondrichthyes
| ordo = Carcharhiniformes
| familia = Scyliorhinidae
| genus = Scyliorhinus
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Scyliorhinus besnardi
Scyliorhinus boa
Scyliorhinus canicula
Scyliorhinus capensis
Scyliorhinus cervigoni
Scyliorhinus comoroensis
Scyliorhinus garmani
Scyliorhinus haeckelii
Scyliorhinus hesperius
Scyliorhinus meadi
Scyliorhinus retifer
Scyliorhinus stellaris
Scyliorhinus tokubee
Scyliorhinus torazame
Scyliorhinus torrei
}}
Scylorhinus is a genus of catsharks, family Scyliorhinidae.
The small-spotted catshark S. canicula and nursehound S. stellaris are common in European waters, and eaten both fresh and salted.
Species:
- Polkadot catshark Scyliorhinus besnardi - Southwest Atlantic, up to 47 cm
- Boa catshark Scyliorhinus boa - deep water of tropical Atlantic, up to 54 cm
- Small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula - shallow water of northeast Atlantic, up to 100 cm
- Yellowspotted catshark Scyliorhinus capensis - common off Namibia and South Africa, bycatch in commercial fishing, up to 122 cm
- West African catshark Scyliorhinus cervigoni - bottoms of eastern Atlantic continental shelf, subsistence fishing off West Africa, up to 76 cm
- Comoro cat shark Scyliorhinus comoroensis
- Brownspotted catshark Scyliorhinus garmani
- Freckled catshark Scyliorhinus haeckelii
- Whitesaddled catshark Scyliorhinus hesperius
- Blotched catshark Scyliorhinus meadi
- Chain catshark Scyliorhinus retifer
- Nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris
- Izu cat shark Scyliorhinus tokubee
- Cloudy catshark Scyliorhinus torazame
- Dwarf catshark Scyliorhinus torrei