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.
| Atelomycteridae | |
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| Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Suborder: | Carcharhinoidei |
| Family: | Atelomycteridae E. G. White, 1936[1] |
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Genera
editAtelomycteridae contains the following genera and species:[1][2][3]
- Genus Atelomycterus Garman, 1913
- Atelomycterus baliensis W. T. White, Last & Dharmadi, 2005 (Bali catshark)
- Atelomycterus erdmanni Fahmi & W. T. White, 2015 (spotted-belly catshark) [4]
- Atelomycterus fasciatus Compagno & Stevens, 1993 (banded sand catshark)
- Atelomycterus macleayi Whitley, 1939 (Australian marbled catshark)
- Atelomycterus marmoratus Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830 (coral catshark)
- Atelomycterus marnkalha Jacobsen & M. B. Bennett, 2007 (eastern banded catshark)
- Genus Aulohalaelurus Fowler, 1934
- Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990 (Kanakorum catshark)
- Aulohalaelurus labiosus Waite, 1905 (Australian blackspotted catshark)
- Genus Schroederichthys A. Smith, 1838
- Schroederichthys bivius (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (narrowmouthed catshark)
- Schroederichthys chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (redspotted catshark)
- Schroederichthys maculatus S. Springer, 1966 (narrowtail catshark)
- Schroederichthys saurisqualus Soto, 2001 (lizard catshark)
- Schroederichthys tenuis S. Springer, 1966 (slender catshark)
- Genus Atelomycterus Garman, 1913
References
edit- ^ a b Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Atelomycteridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Atelomycteridae". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ Fahmi & White, W.T. (2015). "Atelomycterus erdmanni, a new species of catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Carcharhiniformes) from Indonesia" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 14: 14–27.