Asymbolus funebris

Asymbolus funebris, or the Australian blotched catshark, is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.^[2] The only specimen, the holotype, being found off Western Australia at 144 m (472 ft). Its length is 44 cm (17 in) and its reproduction is oviparous.

Asymbolus funebris
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Pentanchidae
Genus:	Asymbolus
Species:	A. funebris
Binomial name
Asymbolus funebris Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999
Range of the Australian blotched catshark

See also

• Scyliorhinus meadi, also known as the blotched catshark