Halaelurus sellus
| Halaelurus sellus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Halaelurus |
| Species: | H. sellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Halaelurus sellus W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007 | |
Halaelurus sellus, commonly known as the Rusty Catshark in Australia,[1] is a species of catshark in the genus Halaelurus.[2] It is a tropical catshark found around the waters off Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[2] It was named by W.T. White, P.R. Last, and J.D. Stevens in 2007.[3] Male Halaelurus sellus can reach a maximum length of 35.3 centimetres, while females can reach a maximum length of 42.3 centimetres.[2]
References
- ↑ Common names for Halaelurus sellus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Halaelurus sellus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ White, W.T., P.R. Last, and J.D. Stevens, 2007 (16 Nov.) [ref. 29295] Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa No. 1639: 1-21.
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