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Image: Dorsal view of a Draughtboard Shark
Description
Dorsal view of a Draughtboard Shark from the Australian Museum fish collection.
- Photographer:
- Mark Allen
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Draughtboard Shark
- Scientific name:
- Cephaloscyllium laticeps
- Family:
- Scyliorhinidae
- Order:
- Carcharhiniformes
Additional information
This specimen is the holotype of Cephaloscyllium isabella laticeps nascione, Whitley, 1932 (AMS IA.2829). It was collected at a depth of 165 m, 38 km north-east of Montague Island, New South Wales in September 1926.
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