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Atelomycteridae (Coloured catsharks)
Etymology: Aulohalaelurus: aulon (Gr.), channel or groove, being a form of Halaelurus (now in Pentanchidae) with “conspicuous labial folds”. (See ETYFish); kanakorum: -orum (L.), commemorative suffix, plural: dedicated to the Kanak, Melanesian people of New Caledonia, where this shark is endemic. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 49 - 49 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: known from a single specimen collected off southwestern New Caledonia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 79.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 11146)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Spine anali: 0.
A rare inshore catshark found on coral reefs (Ref. 11146).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998. Scyliorhinidae. Catsharks. p. 1279-1292. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 11146)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Assuming fecundity<100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).