Australian marbled catshark

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

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