Species FAO code: SYP

Scyliorhinus capensis

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
EU quality schemes and nutrition values
Marketing standards
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Belgium	fr Roussette nl Hondshaai	–
Czech Republic	cs Žralok	–
Italy	it Gattuccio atlantico	–
Lithuania	lt gelsvadėmis katryklis	–
Portugal	pt Pata-roxa	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller & Henle, 1838)

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

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller & Henle, 1838)

Distribution maps

Source: FAO - FAO aquatic species distribution map of Scyliorhinus capensis

Scientific name

Scyliorhinus capensis

Author

(Müller & Henle, 1838)

Rank

Species

FAO code

SYP

Morphological description

Bright yellow or golden spots on a dark grey body with irregular blotches and saddles (Ref. 5578), cream below (Ref. 5510); 2nd dorsal much smaller than 1st (Ref. 5578). Small anterior nasal flaps that do not reach mouth, no nasoral grooves (Ref. 244).

Taxonomic classification

ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
  - FamilyScyliorhinidae
    - GenusScyliorhinus
      - SpeciesScyliorhinus capensis

Synonyms

Sycliorhinus capense (Müller & Henle, 1838)
Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller & Henle, 1838)

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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Scyliorhinus capensis

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

Recognized designations

protected geographical indication (PGI)

Freshness categories

Size categories

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Distribution maps