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coloured catshark Atelomycteridae, the coloured catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes. These sharks are found in the Indian, Pacific and Western Atlantic Oceans. Genera Atelomycteridae contains the following genera and specie ...

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Atelomycteridae Atelomycteridae, the coloured catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes. These sharks are found in the Indian, Pacific and Western Atlantic Oceans. Genera Atelomycteridae contains the following genera and specie ...

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''

Atelomycterus baliensis The Bali catshark (''Atelomycterus baliensis'') is a species of coloured catshark, belonging to the family Atelomycteridae, found only off the Indonesian island of Bali. It can grow up to . ''Atelomycterus baliensis'' inhabits the deep coastal ...

'' W. T. White,

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& Dharmadi, 2005 (Bali catshark) * ''

Atelomycterus erdmanni The spotted-belly catshark (''Atelomycterus erdmanni'') is a species of coloured catshark belonging to the family Atelomycteridae. It is found in eastern Indonesia. This species differs from ''Atelomycterus baliensis'' in having white spots pre ...

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& W. T. White, 2015 (spotted-belly catshark) * ''

Atelomycterus fasciatus The banded sand catshark (''Atelomycterus fasciatus'') is a coloured catshark belonging to the family Atelomycteridae found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, endemic to northern Australia between latitude In geography, latitude is a geographi ...

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, 1993 (banded sand catshark) * ''

Atelomycterus macleayi The Australian marbled catshark (''Atelomycterus macleayi'') is a coloured catshark of the family Atelomycteridae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, endemic to Western Australia between latitude In geography, latitude is a geographic coord ...

'' Whitley, 1939 (Australian marbled catshark) * ''

Atelomycterus marmoratus The coral catshark (''Atelomycterus marmoratus'') is a species of coloured catshark belonging to the family Atelomycteridae. It is common on shallow coral reefs across the Indo-West Pacific, from Pakistan to New Guinea. Reaching up to in len ...

'' Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830 (coral catshark) * ''

Atelomycterus marnkalha The eastern banded catshark (''Atelomycterus marnkalha'') is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found along the northeastern coast of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a ...

'' Jacobsen & M. B. Bennett, 2007 (eastern banded catshark)

References

Atelomycteridae Shark genera Taxa named by Samuel Garman {{shark-stub