Variegated catshark

Taxobox
name = Variegated catshark
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Asymbolus"
species = "A. submaculatus"
binomial = "Asymbolus submaculatus"
binomial_authority = Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999

The variegated catshark, "Asymbolus submaculatus", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found off New South Wales and Western Australia at depths of between 30 and 200 m. Its length is up to 41 cm.

The variegated catshark has a relatively robust body, and a short caudal fin. The dorsal fins are large and rounded, and the teeth are tricuspidate.

Coloration is ornate and with multi-colored blotches overlaid with black spots.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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