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Common names: Australian marbled catshark, Marbled catshark
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in northernwestern Australia, from Port Hedland, Western Australia to Melville I., Northern Territory (Ref. 6871). Abundant inshore along the Northern Territory coast (Ref. 6871). Reported from Queensland but these records need verification (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 244, 11146.
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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. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Common names from other countries

Australian marbled catshark, Chien marbré, Pejegato jaspeado, ... more

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Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Atelomycteridae (Coloured catsharks)
Etymology: Atelomycterus: ateles (Gr.), imperfect, unfilled or exempt; mycteros (Gr.), nostril, referring to lack of posterior nasal valve. (See ETYFish); macleayi: Patronym not identified, probably in honor of William Macleay (1820-1891), Scottish-Australian politician and naturalist, who published many papers on the fihes of Australia. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Whitley.

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

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 4 m (Ref. 244). Tropical; 12°S - 21°S

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Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to Australia.

Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ?, range 51 - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 244)

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Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Espinhos anais: 0. Color pattern of grey saddles separated by light areas and outlined by numerous small black spots (hatchlings have a simpler pattern of dark saddles, remarkably similar to Acanthophthalmus semicinctus) (Ref. 11146).

A little-known inshore catshark found on sandy and rocky bottom (Ref. 11146). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Hatching length around 10 cm (Ref. 6871).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Hatches at about 10 cm (Ref. 6871).

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Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

Segura ou pouco preocupante (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 May 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para os humanos

Harmless (Ref. 6871)

Uso pelos humanos

Pescarias: pouco comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26 - 28.8, mean 27.8 (based on 172 cells).

Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resiliência (Ref. 120179): Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (Fec assumed to be <100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Low.

Atelomycterus macleayi Whitley, 1939