Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1639, 2007, Pages 1-21

  White, William T ^a   Last, Peter R ^a   Stevens, John D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Halaelurus maculosus; Halaelurus sellus; Indonesia; New species; Scyliorhinidae

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINIFORMES; HALAELURUS; HALAELURUS BOESEMANI; HALAELURUS BUERGERI; HALAELURUS LINEATUS; HALAELURUS NATALENSIS; HALAELURUS QUAGGA; SCYLIORHINIDAE;

EID: 36348955001     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1639.1.1     Document Type: Article

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