Banded sand catshark

Banded sand catshark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Atelomycteridae
Genus:	Atelomycterus
Species:	A. fasciatus
Binomial name
	Atelomycterus fasciatus; Compagno & Stevens, 1993

The banded sand catshark (Atelomycterus fasciatus) is a coloured catshark belonging to the family Atelomycteridae found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, endemic to northern Australia between latitudes 10° S and 21° S, at depths between 27 and 120 metres (89 and 394 ft). Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in). They were the first sharks to be discovered living in sponges.^[2]

References

^ White, W.T. (2015). "Atelomycterus fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41728A68609954. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41728A68609954.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Incorvaia, Darren (2023-09-14). "SpongeBob Lives in a Pineapple. These Sharks Live in Sponges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-01.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Atelomycterus fasciatus". FishBase. may 2006 version.

[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] White, W.T. (2015). "Atelomycterus fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41728A68609954. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41728A68609954.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[2] Incorvaia, Darren (2023-09-14). "SpongeBob Lives in a Pineapple. These Sharks Live in Sponges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-01.

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