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Flopguts

Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Duméril, 1853)

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The flopguts (Cephaloscyllium laticeps) is a species in the family Scyliorhinidae, order Carcharhiniformes.

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Quick facts about the flopguts

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
2
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the flopguts live?

Not recorded

Is the flopguts endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the flopguts classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. familyScyliorhinidae
  6. genusCephaloscyllium
  7. SpeciesCephaloscyllium laticeps (Duméril, 1853)

Synonyms Cephaloscyllium isabella f. nascione, Cephaloscyllium isabella nascione, Cephaloscyllium laticeps nascione, Cephaloscyllium nascione, Scyllium laticeps

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Australian swellsharkEnglish
  • Draughtboard sharkEnglish
  • Isabell's swell sharkEnglish
  • Nutcracker sharkEnglish
  • Rock sharkEnglish
  • Sleepy JoeEnglish
  • Spotted swellsharkEnglish
  • Swell sharkEnglish
  • Whitefinned swellsharkEnglish
  • máčka australskáCzech
  • Australischer SchwellhaiGerman
  • australianpallohaiFinnish
  • Gattuccio elegante australianoItalian
  • Australische zwelhaaiDutch
  • Tubarão-balão-da-TasmâniaPortuguese
  • Австралийская головастая акулаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flopguts

Other species in the same genus Cephaloscyllium.

Swell shark

Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

ScyliorhinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the flopguts?

The flopguts (Cephaloscyllium laticeps) belongs to the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Flopguts (Cephaloscyllium laticeps). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flopguts

MLA

“Flopguts (Cephaloscyllium laticeps).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/flopguts.

BibTeX
@misc{flopguts_2026,
  title = {Flopguts (Cephaloscyllium laticeps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flopguts},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}