Australian spotted catshark

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Australian spotted catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Asymbolus Species: A. analis
Binomial name
Asymbolus analis (Ogilby, 1885)

The Australian spotted catshark, Asymbolus analis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only around Australia between latitudes 32° S and 38° S, at depths of between 10 and 180 m. Its length is up to 90 cm.

The Australian spotted catshark has a long body, a rounded head flattened with a pointed snout, and no ridge over the eyes. It occurs on the continental shelf, from close inshore to offshore.

Reproduction is oviparous.

[edit] References

• "Asymbolus analis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.