Banded sand catshark

Banded sand catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Carcharhiniformes
Family:Scyliorhinidae
Genus:Atelomycterus
Species: A. fasciatus
Binomial name
Atelomycterus fasciatus
Compagno & Stevens, 1993

The banded sand catshark (Atelomycterus fasciatus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, endemic to northern Australia between latitudes 10° S and 21° S, at depths between 27 and 120 metres (89 and 394 ft). Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in).

References

  1. White, W.T. 2015. Atelomycterus fasciatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41728A68609954. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41728A68609954.en. Downloaded on 17 September 2017.
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