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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusHalaelurus
Halaelurus boesemani
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Speckled Catshark

Halaelurus boesemani Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972

Also calledGattuccio dalla sella maculato (ita) · Gespikkelde kathaai (nld) · Gesprenkelter Katzenhai (deu) · kirjokissahai (fin) · máčka Boesemanova (ces) · Веснушчатая акула (rus)

First described in: Springer, S. & J. D. D'Aubrey. 1972. Two new scyliorhinid sharks from the east coast of Africa with notes on related species. Investigative Reports of the Oceanographic Research Institute Durban(29): 1-9.

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USNM 205136 (holotype), adult male 430 mm TL, off Somalia, 11 ° 37 ' N, 51 ° 27 ' E.

Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418530.