Table 2.

Modes of reproduction and evolution in catsharks.

Parity	Mode	Pentanchidae					Scyliorhinidae
		Apristurus, Asymbolus, Figaro, Haploblepharus, Holohalaelurus, Parmaturus	Bythaelurus	Galeus	Halaelurus	Cephalurus	Atelomycterus, Poroderma, Scyliorhinus, Schroederichthys	Cephaloscyllium
Oviparitya	Short single	⦿	⦿	⦿	○	○	⦿	⦿
	Sustained single		○			○		⦿
	Multiple			⦿	⦿
Yolk sac viviparity	Single pregnancy		⦿			⦿
	Multiple pregnancy			⦿

⦿Actual mode, ○ possible ancestral or transitional mode.

^aOviparous Aulohalaelurus in the Scyliorhinidae is not included, because the mode is unknown.