''Asymbolus'' is a
genus
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of catsharks in the
family
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Pentanchidae
Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhiniformes ( from Classical Greek ' (karcharos) 'sharp/jagged' and ' (rhinos) 'nose', plus Latin ''forme'' 'shape'), commonly known a ...
, the deepwater catsharks.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Asymbolus analis''
( J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Australian spotted catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus funebris
''Asymbolus funebris'', or the Australian blotched catshark, is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. The only specimen, the holotype, being found off Western Australia at . Its length is and its repr ...
''
Compagno, Stevens & Last
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, 1999 (blotched catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus galacticus''
Séret & Last, 2008 (starry catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus occiduus''
Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (western spotted catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus pallidus''
Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (pale spotted catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus parvus
The dwarf catshark (''Asymbolus parvus'') is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This shark is found only off the coast of Western Australia, at depths between . Its length is up to . ''
Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (dwarf catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus rubiginosus''
Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (orange-spotted catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus submaculatus''
Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (variegated catshark)
* ''
Asymbolus vincenti''
( Zietz ( fi), 1908) (Gulf catshark)
References
Pentanchidae
Shark genera
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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