Blotched catshark
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The blotched catshark, Asymbolus funebris, is a cat shark of the family
Scyliorhinidae, the only specimen, the holotype
, being found off West Australia at 144 m. Its length is 44 cm.
Reproduction is oviparous.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Scyliorhinidae, the only specimen, the holotype
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. It is either the single such physical example or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype...
, being found off West Australia at 144 m. Its length is 44 cm.
Reproduction is oviparous.