Western Spotted Catshark

Asymbolus occiduus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999

Also calledGattuccio macchiato occidentale (ita) · Westlicher Flecken-Katzenhai (deu)

First described in: Last, P. R.; Gomon, M. F.; Gledhill, D. C. (1999). Australian spotted catsharks of the genus <i>Asymbolus</i> (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 2: Descriptions of three new, dark-spotted species. <em>In: P.R. Last (ed.). Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).</em> p. 19-35.

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”.