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Australian marbled catshark

Australian marbled catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Atelomycteridae
Genus: Atelomycterus
Species:
A. macleayi
Binomial name
Atelomycterus macleayi
Whitley, 1939

The Australian marbled catshark (Atelomycterus macleayi) is a coloured catshark of the family Atelomycteridae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, endemic to Western Australia between latitudes 12 and 21°S, from the surface to 245 m (800 ft) deep. Its length is up to 60.0 cm (23 inches), and it typically inhabits coastal waters with sandy or rocky bottoms.[2]

  1. ^ White, W.T. (2015). "Atelomycterus macleayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41729A68610061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41729A68610061.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Allen, Gerry (2000). Marine Fishes of South-East Asia. Singapore: Periplus Editions. p. 40. ISBN 978-962-593-267-5.

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