Halaelurus
Genus of sharks
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Halaelurus is a genus of catsharks in the family Pentanchidae.
| Halaelurus | |
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| Tiger catshark (Halaelurus natalensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Halaelurus T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Scyllium buergeri J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 | |
Species
- Halaelurus boesemani S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972 (speckled catshark)
- Halaelurus buergeri (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (blackspotted catshark)
- Halaelurus lineatus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1975 (lined catshark)
- Halaelurus maculosus W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007 (Indonesian speckled catshark)
- Halaelurus natalensis (Regan, 1904) (tiger catshark)
- Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) (quagga catshark)
- Halaelurus sellus W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007 (rusty catshark)
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Halaelurus". FishBase. February 2011 version.
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