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Pentanchidae
tiger catshark
Halaelurus natalensis
Ten dark saddles cross a yellow brown back
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Mediumtiger catshark is a marine fish of Southeast Atlantic. The species occupies reef habitat. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 45 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Ground Sharks
- Family
- Pentanchidae
- Genus
- Halaelurus
- Maximum length
- 45 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southeast Atlantic: Cape Agulhas to East London in South Africa. Until recently, two species were confused under this name, the present one and the recently described Halaelurus lineatus (Ref. 244 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
