Scientific Name	Cephaloscyllium umbratile   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Jordan & Fowler, 1903	Depth	20 - 200M
Chinese	汙斑頭鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	貓鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F023　Scyliorhinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	陰影絨毛鯊
Max Length	120 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	沙條、污斑頭鮫、沙鰷(臺東)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South West、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan, 32°43'N, 129°50'E
Synonyms	Cephaloscyllium formosanum, Cephaloscyllium isabellum
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world； Schaaf-Da Silva, J. A. and D. A. Ebert. 2008 (8 Sept.). A revision of the western North Pacific swellsharks, genus Cephaloscyllium Gill 1862 (Chondrichthys: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), including descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa No. 1872: 1-8  Teng, H-T. 1962 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Michael, S.W. 1993 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001 Schaaf-Da Silva, J. etc. 2008
Specimen List	ASIZP0058965. ASIZP0063551. ASIZP0063735. ASIZP0064915. ASIZP0064990. ASIZP0080277. ASIZP0800078. ASIZP0800079. ASIZP0807411. ASIZP0910078. ASIZP0910079. ASIZP0917411. CAS214726. FRIP00167. FRIP00168. NMNSF00339. NTMP0237. NTMP0990. NTMP1117. NTUM07579. NTUM07734.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2011-06-13,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Blotchy swell shark; Japanese swell shark
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	A catshark with a stout body, no labial furrows, snout broadly rounded-angular in dorsoventral view, rather short and broad; anterior nasal flaps subtriangular, not overlapping mouth posteriorly. Claspers short and stout. Colour pattern variegated, with up to 11 dark brown irregular saddles and laterally interdigitating blotches in a checkerboard pattern in the typical New Zealand form, but with more irregular dark blotches and mottling in Taiwanese and Japanese representatives of the species (if not distinct); a scattering of numerous dark brown or blackish' small spots on a grey or brown background; underside of head and abdomen unspotted; fins without conspicuous light margins. A large species (see size below). "pseudo-umbratile", pigmy swellshark Western North Pacific "umbratile" True isabellum from New Zealand.
habitats	A common, sluggish inshore and offshore warm-temperate catshark found on rocky and sandy bottoms in deepish water on the continental and insular shelves, at depths of 18 to 220 m; said to avoid open areas but favours reefs. Can expand itself with air or w
Distribution	Western Pacific: New Zealand, Taiwan and Japan (southeastern Honshu).
Utility	None or limited at present, caught by Commercial bottom trawlers.