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Asymbolus galacticus Séret & Last, 2008

Starry catshark
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New Caledonia country information

Common names: Chien étoilé, Starry catshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Monts Jumeaux, seamounts off southern New Caledonia, on the northern part of the Norfolk Ridge, MNHN 1996-463 (holotype of Asymbolus galacticus, 43.4 cm TL, male). Collected from the slopes of the seamounts Monts Jumeaux off southern New Caledonia, in the northern sector of the Norfolk Ridge, 235-550 m (Ref. 77056).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nc.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Séret, B. and P.R. Last, 2008
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Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

sub class Elasmobranchii (ฉลามและกระเบน) (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);  galacticus: From the Greek galaktikos, milky, referring to its striking color pattern with numerous milky white patches that resemble the Milky Way. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Séret & Last.

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

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม กลุ่มสัตว์หน้าดิน,กลุ่มสัตว์พื้นท้องน้ำ; ระดับความลึก 235 - 550 m (Ref. 77056).   Tropical

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