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Atelomycterus marmoratus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Saddle markings obsolete, light grey and white spots outlined by large black spots, bars and lines (Ref. 11146).

Common Names

  • قِرش قِطّ مرجان , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Cucut tokek , Bahasa Indonesia , Indonesia
  • Hiu tokek , Bahasa Indonesia , Indonesia
  • Koralrødhaj , Danish , Denmark
  • Koraalkathaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Coral catshark , English , Cambodia
  • Coral catshark , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Coral catshark , English , Malaysia
  • Coral catshark , English , Global
  • Dog fish , English , India
  • Marble catshark , English , Malaysia
  • Marbled cat shark , English , India
  • Marbled catshark , English , Philippines
  • Marbled catshark , English , India
  • Rifi-nöbihai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Chien corail , French , Global
  • Iyo , Ilokano , Philippines
  • Sango-torazame , Japanese , Japan
  • Cucut kembang , Malay , Indonesia
  • Yu cicak , Malay , Malaysia
  • Yu karang , Malay , Malaysia
  • Yu pendek , Malay , Malaysia
  • Yu tokeh , Malay , Malaysia
  • Udumban , Malayalam , India
  • Udumbu sravu , Malayalam , India
  • ഉടുന്പന് , Malayalam , India
  • ഉടുന്വന് , Malayalam , India
  • ഉടുന്വ് സ്റാവ് , Malayalam , India
  • 斑猫鲛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑貓鮫 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 沙条 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白斑斑鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白斑斑鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白斑斑鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Kaitan malo , Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug , Philippines
  • Kaitan malu-malu , Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug , Philippines
  • Bolad , Marathi , India
  • Wagli , Marathi , India
  • बोळाद , Marathi , India
  • वागळी , Marathi , India
  • Pintarroja coral , Spanish , Spain
  • Pintarroja coralera , Spanish , Spain
  • Pintarroja coralera , Spanish , Spain
  • Pating , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Corungum sorrah , Tamil , India
  • Kurangan-sura , Tamil , India
  • Udamban sura , Tamil , India
  • Udambansura , Tamil , India
  • உடும்பன் சுரா , Tamil , India
  • உடும்பன் சுரா , Tamil , India
  • கருங்கன் சுரா , Tamil , India
  • குரங்கன் சுரா , Tamil , India
  • கொருங்கம் சுரா , Tamil , India
  • Cá Nhám hoa , Vietnamese , Viet Nam
  • Lahos , Visayan , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Atelomycteridae

    Genus: Atelomycterus

    Species: Atelomycterus marmoratus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and India to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, New Guinea, Thailand, Viet Nam, the Philippines, southern China; north to Japan.

    • Biology

    A common but little-known inshore shark found on coral reefs and though to inhabit crevices and holes on reefs (Ref. 11146). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Caught occasionally by various fisheries operating over coral reefs and probably adversely affected by dynamite fishing (Ref.58048). Utilized fresh and dried-salted for food or processed for fishmeal and oil (Ref. 244).

    Habitat

    associated