Eastern Banded Catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha Jacobsen & Bennett 2007
Other Names: Banded Catshark, Longlip Spotted Catshark
An Eastern Banded Catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha. Source: CSIRO National Fish Collection. License: CC BY Attribution
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Atelomycterus marnkalha in Fishes of Australia, accessed 21 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1414
Eastern Banded Catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha Jacobsen & Bennett 2007
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Distribution |
Inhabits sandy to coarse rubble substrates, mostly above 50 m. |
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Features |
Dorsal fins small, about equal in size and relatively low, about equal in size • Snout short and rounded • Very large nasal flaps reaching mouth • Body slender and almost cylindrical (not flattened) • Labial furrows very long; uppers and lowers about equal • No crests of enlarged denticles on upper or lower caudal fin • Pale brownish with darker saddles, with numerous small white and brown spots |
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Biology |
Little is known about the biology of this species. The reproductive mode is oviparous (egg laying). Females and males are sexually mature at about 35 cm TL, and the largest known specimen is a female measuring 48.4 cm TL. |
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Fisheries |
Taken as minor and discarded bycatch in trawl fisheries across its range. The species is of no commercial value. |
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Species Citation |
Atelomycterus marnkalha Jacobsen & Bennett 2007, Zootaxa 1520: 24, figs 1-7. Type locality: Torres Strait, 10°36'S, 141°36'E, Queensland, Australia, depth 17 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Eastern Banded Catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha Jacobsen & Bennett 2007
References
Bates, H. & Kyne, P.M. 2015. Atelomycterus marnkalha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T161434A68610162. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T161434A68610162.en. Downloaded on 27 August 2019.
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Jacobsen, I.P. & Bennett, M.B. 2007. Description of a new species of catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from north-east Australia. Zootaxa 1520: 19-36
Kyne, P.M. 2010. Chondrichthyans and the Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery: Bycatch reduction, biology, conservation status and sustainability. PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 361 pp.
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293.
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. (as Atelomycterus sp. a Torres Strait form)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.
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