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Asymbolus pallidus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999

Pale spotted catshark
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Common names: Pale spotted catshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Continental slope off northeastern Australia, between Bundaberg and Cairns, Queensland, 225-402 m (Ref. 36718).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R., M.F. Gomon and D.C. Gledhill, 1999
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Common names from other countries

Kahvatu täpikhai, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Asymbolus: Etymology not explained, possibly a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; sym-, from syn (Gr.), together or joined; bolus (L.), lump or morsel, proposed as a subgenus of Scyliorhinus (Scyliorhinidae) distinguished in part by labial fold of upper lip not hanging over lower-jaw symphysis of A. analis and A. vincenti. (See ETYFish);  pallidus: Latin for ashen or wan, referring to its wan body color, distinctively paler than congeners. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Last, Gomon & Gledhill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 225 - 402 m (Ref. 36718).   Deep-water

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