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Atelomycterus fasciatus Compagno & Stevens, 1993

Banded catshark
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Australia country information

Common names: Banded catshark, Banded sand catshark, Longlip spotted catshark
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Confined to the northwestern shelf of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and northern Queensland (Ref. 11146).
National Checklist:
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: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (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);  fasciatus: Latin for banded, referring to slender, brown saddles on a white background. (See ETYFish).

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 27 - 122 m (Ref. 11146), usually ? - 60 m (Ref. 11146).   Tropical; 10°S - 21°S

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Indo-West Pacific: northern Australia. Western Australian specimens lack the white spots and are lighter colored.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 34.5, range 30 - 39 cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11146)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 0; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 0. Black spots and markings relatively few, small, and scattered, color pattern dominated by greyish saddles and bands on light background (Ref. 11146). Western Australian specimens lack the white spots and are lighter in color (Ref. 11146).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A common offshore catshark found on mud, sand, or shelly-sand bottom (Ref. 11146). Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998. Scyliorhinidae. Catsharks. p. 1279-1292. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 11146)

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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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.3 - 28.3, mean 26.6 (based on 22 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).