Bali catshark (Atelomycterus baliensis)

Scientific name: Atelomycterus baliensis White, Last & Dharmadi, 2005

Bali catshark (Atelomycterus baliensis)

The Bali catshark (Atelomycterus baliensis) is a marine fish of the family Scyliorhinidae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, known only from the Indonesian island of Bali.

Biology

A relatively small (max. size 474 mm TL) Atelomycterus with the following combination of characters: relatively short preoral length, 4.0-4.6% T; short interdorsal space, 11.6-12.9% TL; high pectoral-pelvic to pelvic-anal ratio 1.28-1.48; dorsal fins weakly falcate, with posterior margins vertical or sloping anteroventrally from fin apices; prebranchial denticles strongly tricuspid with narrow, elongate medial cusps; claspers of adults short, not stubby, not tapering sharply distally, outer length 8.3-9% TL, base width 5.4-6.3% of outer length; clasper glans covering more than half of clasper; cover rhipidion relatively narrow; rhipidion large, relatively low, and only partly concealed by cover rhipidion and exorhipidion; exorhipidion small with proximal end well behind distal end of cover rhipidion; total vertebral centra 154-163, precaudal centra 101-106; dorsal surface with well-defined dark saddles consisting mainly of four, partly coalesced, diffuse-edged, dark brown blotches; whi

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Species facts

Scientific name
Atelomycterus baliensis
Family
Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks)
Order
Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
47.4
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: known only from the Indonesian island of Bali.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(i,iii,v))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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