The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·607518SpeciesAnimalia28 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Cartilaginous Fishes
  5. ›Sharks and Rays
  6. ›Sharks
  7. ›Galean Sharks
  8. ›Ground Sharks
  9. ›Coloured Catsharks
  10. ›Atelomycterus
Spotted-belly catshark
Plate 1 of 5. (c) Franca Wermuth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Franca Wermuth · via iNaturalist

Spotted-belly catshark

Atelomycterus erdmanni

The spotted-belly catshark (Atelomycterus erdmanni) is a species of coloured catshark belonging to the family Atelomycteridae. It is found in eastern Indonesia. This species differs from Atelomycterus baliensis in having white spots present over the body a larger first dorsal fin, paired fins closer together, and pelvic fin further apart from the ventral caudal-fin origin. A. erdmanni differs from Atelomycterus marmoratus in having far less numerous white spotting a larger first dorsal fin, and the clasper glans about half length of clasper outer margin.

== References ==

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Atelomycterus erdmanni in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607518.