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GBIF·2418595speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusAsymbolus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Starry Catshark

Asymbolus galacticus Séret & Last, 2008

Also calledChien étoilé (fra) · Gattuccio stellato (ita)

First described in: Séret, B.; Last, P. R. (2008). <i>Asymbolus galacticus</i> sp. Nov., a new species of spotted catshark (Carcharniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia. <em>Cybium.</em> 32(2): 137-143.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418595.