Gulf catshark

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Gulf catshark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Asymbolus
Species: A. vincenti
Binomial name
Asymbolus vincenti
(Zietz (fi), 1908)
Synonyms
  • Scyllium vincenti Zietz, 1908
  • Halaelurus vincenti (Zietz, 1908)
  • Juncrus vincenti (Zietz, 1908)

The Gulf catshark, Asymbolus vincenti, is a species of cat shark found only off Western Australia at depths of between 27 to 650 metres (89 to 2,133 ft). This species can reach a length of 61 centimetres (24 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Simpfendorfer, C.A. & Heupel, M.R. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003) 2003. Asymbolus vincenti. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 August 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Asymbolus vincenti" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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