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GBIF·2418597speciesAnimalia2,094 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusAsymbolus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Orange Spotted Catshark

Asymbolus rubiginosus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999

Also calledGattuccio macchiato di arancione (ita) · Tubarão-gato-ferrugem (por) · máčka oranžovoskvrnitá (ces)

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.

The orange-spotted catshark or rusty catshark (Asymbolus rubiginosus) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. It is found only off the coast of Western Australia, at depths between 25 and 540 metres (82 and 1,772 ft). Its length is up to 39 centimetres (15 in).

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418597.