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GBIF·2418586speciesAnimalia8 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusAsymbolus
Asymbolus funebris
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Blotched Catshark

Asymbolus funebris Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999

Also calledFlecken-Katzenhai (deu) · Gattuccio chiazzato australiano (ita)

First described in: Compagno, L. J. V.; Stevens, J. D.; Last, P. R. (1999). Australian spotted catsharks of the genus <i>Asymbolus</i> (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 1: Descriptions of three new species from western Australia. <em>In: P.R. Last (ed.). Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).</em> p. 2-18.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Asymbolus funebris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418586.