Australian marbled catshark

Australian marbled catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Carcharhiniformes
Family:Scyliorhinidae
Genus:Atelomycterus
Species: A. macleayi
Binomial name
Atelomycterus macleayi
Whitley, 1939

The Australian marbled catshark (Atelomycterus macleayi) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, endemic to Western Australia between latitudes 12° S and 21° S, from the surface to 245 m (800 ft). Its length is up to 60 cm (24 in).

References

  1. White, W.T. 2015. Atelomycterus macleayi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41729A68610061. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41729A68610061.en. Downloaded on 17 September 2017


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