Australian marbled catshark
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| Atelomycterus macleayi Whitley, 1939 |
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. Its length is up to 60 cm.
The Australian marbled catshark is a little-known inshore catshark found on sandy and rocky bottoms.
Reproduction is oviparous, pups measuring about 10 cm at birth.
Coloration is a pattern of grey saddles separated by light areas and outlined by numerous small black spots (pups have a simpler pattern of dark saddles, remarkably similar to Acanthophthalmus semicinctus).
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- "Atelomycterus macleayi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. may 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
