Atelomycteridae, the coloured catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes. These sharks are found in the Indian, Pacific and Western Atlantic Oceans.
Genera
Atelomycteridae contains the following genera and species:
- Genus Atelomycterus <small>Garman, 1913</small>
- Atelomycterus baliensis <small>W. T. White, Last & Dharmadi, 2005</small> (Bali catshark)
- Atelomycterus erdmanni <small>Fahmi & W. T. White, 2015</small> (spotted-belly catshark)
- Atelomycterus fasciatus <small>Compagno & Stevens, 1993</small> (banded sand catshark)
- Atelomycterus macleayi <small>Whitley, 1939</small> (Australian marbled catshark)
- Atelomycterus marmoratus <small>Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830</small> (coral catshark)
- Atelomycterus marnkalha <small>Jacobsen & M. B. Bennett, 2007</small> (eastern banded catshark)
- Genus Aulohalaelurus <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
- Aulohalaelurus kanakorum <small>Séret, 1990</small> (Kanakorum catshark)
- Aulohalaelurus labiosus <small>Waite, 1905</small> (Australian blackspotted catshark)
- Genus Schroederichthys <small>A. Smith, 1838</small>
- Schroederichthys bivius <small>(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838)</small> (narrowmouthed catshark)
- Schroederichthys chilensis <small>(Guichenot, 1848)</small> (redspotted catshark)
- Schroederichthys maculatus <small>S. Springer, 1966</small> (narrowtail catshark)
- Schroederichthys saurisqualus <small>Soto, 2001</small> (lizard catshark)
- Schroederichthys tenuis <small>S. Springer, 1966</small> (slender catshark)
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