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The genera and species of the family "Colored Catsharks"

Typical species:
Coral catshark
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Family: Colored Catsharks

Atelomycteridae

Numbers of genera and species

Genera:

Species:

Colored Catsharks

The family Colored Catsharks was not defined as an independent family until 2022. It contains three genera that differ from catsharks both morphologically and molecularly to such an extent that they were assigned to their own family. From the outside, however, it is difficult to distinguish this family from the bristle shark and deepwater catshark families.

Genus: Atelomycterus

(Species: 6)

Including full text, photo, distriburion map:

Coral catshark

(Atelomycterus marmoratus)

Atelomycterus baliensis

Atelomycterus fasciatus

Atelomycterus macleayi

Atelomycterus marnkalha

Spotted-belly Catshark

(Atelomycterus erdmanni)

Genus: Aulohalaelurus