Rusty catshark

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Rusty catshark
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Halaelurus
Species:
H. sellus
Binomial name
Halaelurus sellus

The rusty catshark (Halaelurus sellus) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. [2] It is a tropical catshark found around the waters off Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. [2] It was named by W.T. White, P.R. Last, and J.D. Stevens in 2007. [3] Male Halaelurus sellus can reach a maximum length of 35.3 centimetres, while females can reach a maximum length of 42.3 centimetres. [2]

References

  1. ↑ White, W.T. (2016). "Halaelurus sellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T42713A68624720. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42713A68624720.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Halaelurus sellus". FishBase . June 2024 version.
  3. ↑ White, W.T., P.R. Last, and J.D. Stevens, 2007 (16 Nov.) [ref. 29295] Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa No. 1639: 1-21.


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