Species profile—Asymbolus pallidus (pale spotted catshark)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Scyliorhinidae → Asymbolus pallidus (pale spotted catshark)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Scientific name
- Asymbolus pallidus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999
- Common name
- pale spotted catshark
- Type reference
- Last, P. R., Gomon, M. F. and and D. C. Gledhill (1999). Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 2: descriptions of three new, dark-spotted species, pp. 19-35. In: Last, P. R. (ed.) Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). CSIRO Mar. Lab. Rep. 1-35.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22541
- Synonym(s)
- Asymbolus sp. E
- Alternate name(s)
- pale spotted swell shark
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22541.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
