New Caledonia catshark

New Caledonia catshark
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Aulohalaelurus
Species:	A. kanakorum
Binomial name
Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990

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The New Caledonia catshark, Aulohalaelurus kanakorum, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, known only from one specimen collected near southwestern New Caledonia in the western central Pacific Ocean. The holotype measured 79 cm.

The New Caledonia catshark is a rare and vulnerable inshore catshark found around coral reefs.

See also

• List of sharks

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Aulohalaelurus kanakorum" in FishBase. May 2006 version.