Australian spotted catshark

Taxobox
name = Australian spotted catshark
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Asymbolus"
species = "A. analis"
binomial = "Asymbolus analis"
binomial_authority = (Ogilby, 1885)The Australian spotted catshark, "Asymbolus analis", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only around Australia between latitudes 32° S and 38° S, at depths of between 10 and 180 m. Its length is up to 90 cm.

The Australian spotted catshark has a long body, a rounded head flattened with a pointed snout, and no ridge over the eyes. It occurs on the continental shelf, from close inshore to offshore.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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