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Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0.

Common Names

  • Nieuw-caledonische kathaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Kanakorum catshark , English , Global
  • New Caledonia cat shark , English , South Africa
  • New Caledonia catshark , English , Global
  • Uuskaledoonia flööthai , Estonian , Estonia
  • 太平洋長唇溝鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 太平洋长唇沟鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Atelomycteridae

    Genus: Aulohalaelurus

    Species: Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Central Pacific: known from a single specimen collected off southwestern New Caledonia.

    • Biology

    A rare inshore catshark found on coral reefs (Ref. 11146).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Data deficient

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless