New Caledonia catshark

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iNew Caledonia catshark
Conservation status
Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Aulohalaelurus Species: A. kanakorum
Binomial name
Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990

The New Caledonia catshark, Aulohalaelurus kanakorum, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, known only from a single specimen collected off southwestern New Caledonia in the western central Pacific Ocean. The holotype measured 79 cm.

The New Caledonia catshark is a rare and vulnerable inshore catshark found on coral reefs.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] References

• "Aulohalaelurus kanakorum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.