Asymbolus occiduus, Western spotted catshark

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Asymbolus occiduus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999

Western spotted catshark
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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Asymbolus: Etymology not explained, possibly a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; sym-, from syn (Gr.), together or joined; bolus (L.), lump or morsel, proposed as a subgenus of Scyliorhinus (Scyliorhinidae) distinguished in part by labial fold of upper lip not hanging over lower-jaw symphysis of A. analis and A. vincenti. (See ETYFish);  occiduus: Latin for western (of the setting sun), referring to its western distribution in Australian seas. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Last, Gomon & Gledhill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología


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