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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Brachaeluridae (Blind sharks)
Etymology: Brachaelurus: brachys (Gr.), short, referring to short and stout body; aelurus, from ailouros (Gr.), cat, i.e., a short catshark. (See ETYFish); colcloughi: In honor of Ogilby’s friend John Colclough, Amateur Fisherman’s Association of Queensland, who collected many specimens for Ogilby. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Ogilby.

Issue
See CofF and Ref. 48863.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 4 - 217 m (Ref. 106604). Subtropical; 12°S - 29°S, 143°E - 154°E

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Southwest Pacific: endemic to Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13576)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. No white spots on body (Ref. 13576). Caudal fin with its upper lobe at a low angle above body axis, with a strong terminal lobe and subterminal notch but no ventral lobe (Ref. 13576).

A little-known shark found on the continental shelf close inshore (Ref. 247). Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 43278). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 43278, 50449).

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Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

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Goto, T., 2001. Comparative anatomy, phylogeny and cladistic classification of the order Orectolobiformes (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchi). Mem. Grad. Sch. Fish. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. (MGSFSHU), v. 48 (no. 1):1-100. (Ref. 48863)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (C2a(ii)); Date assessed: 20 May 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.7 - 25.5, mean 24.7 °C (based on 50 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Brachaelurus colcloughi Ogilby, 1908