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Common names: Rusty Catshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, north of Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, CSIRO H 994-1 (holotype of Halaelurus sellus, 35.1 cm TL, adult male). Known from off northwestern Australia from off Shark Bay (Western Australia) to the Arafura Sea (Northern Territory) (Ref. 59315).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: White, W.T., P.R. Last and J.D. Stevens, 2007
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Halaelurus: halos (Gr.), sea; ailouros (Gr.), cat, probably an allusion to the vernacular “catshark,” so named for its cat-like eyes. (See ETYFish); sellus: From sella (L.), saddle, referring to dark saddles on head and body. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: White, Last & Stevens.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 62 - 164 m (Ref. 59315). Tropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ?, range 38 - ? cm
Max length : 35.3 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 59315); 42.3 cm TL (female)

Inhabits continental shelves (Ref. 59315).

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White, W.T., P.R. Last and J.D. Stevens, 2007. Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 1639:1-21. (Ref. 59315)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 May 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.9 - 27.6, mean 25 (based on 194 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00355 (0.00176 - 0.00714), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary low fecundity).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).

Halaelurus sellus White, Last & Stevens, 2007