Asymbolus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Carcharhinidae
Subfamilia: Pentanchinae
Genus: Asymbolus

Species: A. analis – †A. diana – †A. diessneri – †A. fasciatus – A. funebris – A. galacticus – †A. nanogaleus – A. occiduus – A. pallidus – A. parvus – A. rubiginosus – A. submaculatus – †A. teriae – †A. terrencemilleri – A. vincenti –
Name

Asymbolus Whitley, 1939
References

Whitley, G.P. 1939. Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. Australian Zoologist 9(3): 227–262, fig. 18, pl. 20–22. BHL Reference page.
Rigby, C.L., White, W.T. & Kyne, P.M. 2017. Description of the egg cases of Dentiraja polyommata (Rajiformes: Rajidae) and Asymbolus pallidus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4294(3): 329–341. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.3.3. Reference page. Asymbolus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae.
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)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Asymbolus in FishBase. June 2013 version.