Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Color pattern of grey saddles separated by light areas and outlined by numerous small black spots (hatchlings have a simpler pattern of dark saddles, remarkably similar to Acanthophthalmus semicinctus) (Ref. 11146).

Common Names

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قِرش قِطّ رُخاميّ أُسترالي , Arabic , Saudi Arabia

Marmoreret rødhaj , Danish , Denmark

Australische marmerkathaai , Dutch , Netherlands

Australian marbled cat shark , English , South Africa

Australian marbled catshark , English , Australia

Australian marbled catshark , English , Papua New Guinea

Australian marbled catshark , English , Global

Marbled catshark , English , Australia

Austraalia nöbihai , Estonian , Estonia

Chien marbré , French , Global

黑点斑鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑点斑鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑點斑鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pejegato jaspeado , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Atelomycteridae

Genus: Atelomycterus

Species: Atelomycterus macleayi Whitley, 1939

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to Australia.

Biology

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A little-known inshore catshark found on sandy and rocky bottom (Ref. 11146). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Hatching length around 10 cm (Ref. 6871).

Habitat

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associated