Asymbolus
Genus of sharks
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Asymbolus is a genus of catsharks in the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.
| Asymbolus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Asymbolus Whitley, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Scyllium anale J. D. Ogilby, 1885 | |
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Asymbolus analis (J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Australian spotted catshark)
- Asymbolus funebris Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (blotched catshark)
- Asymbolus galacticus Séret & Last, 2008 (starry catshark)
- Asymbolus occiduus Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (western spotted catshark)
- Asymbolus pallidus Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (pale spotted catshark)
- Asymbolus parvus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (dwarf catshark)
- Asymbolus rubiginosus Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (orange-spotted catshark)
- Asymbolus submaculatus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (variegated catshark)
- Asymbolus vincenti (Zietz (fi), 1908) (Gulf catshark)
