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