Australian blackspotted catshark

The Australian blackspotted catshark (Aulohalaelurus labiosus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes. It is endemic to Western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean between latitudes 28° S and 36° S. It can grow up to 67 cm.

Australian blackspotted catshark

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Aulohalaelurus
Species:
A. labiosus
Binomial name
Aulohalaelurus labiosus
(Waite, 1905)
Range of the Australian blackspotted catshark

References

  1. Lisney, T.J. & White, W.T. 2015. Aulohalaelurus labiosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41731A68610330. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41731A68610330.en. Downloaded on 18 September 2017.


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