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Asymbolus
Sign in to saveAsymbolus is a genus of catsharks in the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
- FamilyScyliorhinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Collections
- NMV, WAM, CSIRO, SAMA, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pentanchidae
- Image
- Asymbolus vincenti (Zietz 1908).jpg
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- Asymbolus
- taxon name
- Asymbolus
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- topic's main category
- Category:Asymbolus
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Asymbolus is a genus of catsharks in the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Asymbolus analis (J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Australian spotted catshark) Asymbolus funebris Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (blotched catshark) Asymbolus galacticus Séret & Last, 2008 (starry catshark) Asymbolus occiduus Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (western spotted catshark) Asymbolus pallidus Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (pale spotted catshark) Asymbolus parvus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (dwarf catshark) Asymbolus rubiginosus Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (orange-spotted catshark) Asymbolus submaculatus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (variegated catshark) Asymbolus vincenti (Zietz (fi), 1908) (Gulf catshark)
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