Australian blackspotted catshark

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Australian blackspotted catshark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Aulohalaelurus
Species: A. labiosus
Binomial name
Aulohalaelurus labiosus
(Waite, 1905)

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

The Australian blackspotted catshark is nocturnal and inhabits shallow coastal habitats and offshore reefs. It is probably oviparous.

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