Australian spotted cat sharks

	Australian spotted cat sharks
	; Tasmanian Spotted Cat Shark
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Group :	Fish
Grade:	Cartilaginous fish
Subclass :	Euselemia
Infraclass :	Gill
Squadron :	Sharks
Squad:	Karhariformes
Family:	Cat sharks
Gender:	Australian spotted cat sharks
International scientific name
	Asymbolus ( Whitley , 1939)

Australian spotted feline sharks ^[1] ( lat. Asymbolus ) is one of the genera of the feline shark family ( Scyliorhinidae ).

Content

Description

Fawn or dark brown fish. Bottom of the body is light with a simple pattern of scattered white or dark spots. The body is slender, almost cylindrical, slightly tapering towards the tail. The muzzle is short or slightly elongated, less than the width of the mouth. There are narrow infraorbital combs under the eyes. The width of the pectoral fins is approximately 0.7-1.4 times the width of the mouth. There are two dorsal fins of approximately the same size. The total number of vertebrae is from 119 to 148 ^[2] .

Classification

The genus includes 9 species ^[3] .

Asymbolus analis (Ogilby, 1885) - Australian Spotted Cat Shark
Asymbolus funebris Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999
Asymbolus galacticus sert & last, 2008
Asymbolus occiduus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999
Asymbolus pallidus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999
Asymbolus parvus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999
Asymbolus rubiginosus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999
Asymbolus submaculatus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999
Asymbolus vincenti (Zietz, 1908) - Tasmanian Spotted Cat Shark

Distribution

They are found off the coast of Australia ^[2] .

Notes

↑ Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- P. 25 .-- 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .
↑ ¹ ² Last PR & Gomon MF & Gledhill DC Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorphinidae). Part 2: descriptions of three new, dark-spotted species .. - Canberra: CSIRO, 1999 .-- 36 p. - (CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Report, 239).
↑ Froese Rainer and Pauly Daniel. Asymbolus (neopr.) . FishBase . www.fishbase.de. Date accessed August 8, 2019.

[1] Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- P. 25 .-- 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .

[:0-2] ¹ ² Last PR & Gomon MF & Gledhill DC Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorphinidae). Part 2: descriptions of three new, dark-spotted species .. - Canberra: CSIRO, 1999 .-- 36 p. - (CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Report, 239).

[3] Froese Rainer and Pauly Daniel. Asymbolus (neopr.) . FishBase . www.fishbase.de. Date accessed August 8, 2019.