New Caledonia catshark

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New Caledonia catshark
Conservation status
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.

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