Genus FAO code: SCL

Scyliorhinus

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Commercial designations
EU quality schemes and nutrition values
Marketing standards
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Katzenhai	–
Belgium	fr Roussette nl Hondshaai	–
Czech Republic	cs Žralok	–
Germany	de Katzenhai	–
Greece	el Σκυλοψαράκι	–
Lithuania	lt paprastieji katrykliai	–
Poland	pl Rekinki	–
Portugal	pt Pata-roxa	–
Slovenia	sl morske mačke	–

Recognized designations

protected geographical indication (PGI)

Belgium

Escavèche de Chimay

Source: eAmbrosia - the EU geographical indications register (eAmbrosia)

Specific requirements that fishery products marketed in the EU shall meet. They include freshness and size categories.

Freshness categories

	A	B	Extra
Eye	Convex and slightly sunken; loss of brightness and iridescence, oval pupils	Flat, dull	Convex, very bright and iridescent; small pupils
Smell	No smell or very slight stale but not an ammonia smell	Slight ammonia; sour	Seaweed smell
Appearance	Beyond rigor stage; no mucus on skin and especially in mouth and gill openings	Some mucus in mouth and on gill openings; slightly flattened jaw	In rigor mortis or partially in rigor; small quantity of clear mucus present on skin

Size categories

Size	weight/fish
1	≥ 2.0 kg
2	≥ 1.0 \| < 2.0 kg
3	≥ 0.5 \| < 1.0 kg

Scientific name

Scyliorhinus

Rank

Genus

FAO code

SCL

Taxonomic classification

ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
  - FamilyScyliorhinidae
    - GenusScyliorhinus

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0302 81 — Dogfish and other sharks
      - 0302 81 20 — Dogfish of the species Scyliorhinus spp.
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 81 — Dogfish and other sharks
      - 0303 81 20 — Dogfish of the species Scyliorhinus spp.
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Frozen fillets of other fish
    - 0304 89 — Other
      - Other
        Dogfish and other sharks
        0304 89 51 — Dogfish (Squalus acanthias, Scyliorhinus spp.)

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