# Halaelurus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Halaelurus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Halaelurus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halaelurus > Source revision: 1354646054 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of sharks Halaelurus Tiger catshark (Halaelurus natalensis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Division: Selachii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Pentanchidae Genus: Halaelurus T. N. Gill, 1862 Type species Scyllium buergeri J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 ***Halaelurus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [catsharks](/source/Scyliorhinidae) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pentanchidae](/source/Pentanchidae). ## Species - *[Halaelurus boesemani](/source/Speckled_catshark)* [S. Springer](/source/Stewart_Springer) & [D'Aubrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeanette_D._D%27Aubrey&action=edit&redlink=1), 1972 (speckled catshark) - *[Halaelurus buergeri](/source/Blackspotted_catshark)* ([J. P. Müller](/source/Johannes_Peter_M%C3%BCller) & [Henle](/source/Friedrich_Gustav_Jakob_Henle), 1838) (blackspotted catshark) - *[Halaelurus lineatus](/source/Lined_catshark)* [Bass](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A._John_Bass&action=edit&redlink=1), D'Aubrey & [Kistnasamy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nadaraj_(Nat)_Kistnasamy&action=edit&redlink=1), 1975 (lined catshark) - *[Halaelurus maculosus](/source/Halaelurus_maculosus)* [W. T. White](/source/William_Toby_White), [Last](/source/Peter_R._Last) & [Stevens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_D._Stevens_(ichthyologist)&action=edit&redlink=1), 2007 (Indonesian speckled catshark) - *[Halaelurus natalensis](/source/Tiger_catshark)* ([Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1904) (tiger catshark) - *[Halaelurus quagga](/source/Quagga_catshark)* ([Alcock](/source/Alfred_William_Alcock), 1899) (quagga catshark) - *[Halaelurus sellus](/source/Halaelurus_sellus)* W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007 (rusty catshark) ## References - [Sharks portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Sharks) - [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Halaelurus*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Halaelurus). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. February 2011 version. v t e Extant Scyliorhinidae species Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachii Order Carcharhiniformes Apristurus Flatnose cat shark (A. acanutus) A. albisoma A. aphyodes Brown catshark (A. brunneus) Hoary catshark (A. canutus) Flaccid catshark (A. exsanguis) A. fedorovi Humpback cat shark (A. gibbosus) Longfin catshark (A. herklotsi) Smallbelly catshark (A. indicus) A. internatus Broadnose catshark (A. investigatoris) Japanese catshark (A. japonicus) Longnose catshark (A. kampae) Iceland catshark (A. laurussonii) Longhead catshark (A. longicephalus) Flathead catshark (A. macrorhynchus) Broadmouth cat shark (A. macrostomus) Ghost catshark (A. manis) Black roughscale catshark (A. melanoasper) Smalleye catshark (A. microps) Smalldorsal cat shark (A. micropterygeus) Largenose catshark (A. nasutus) Smallfin catshark (A. parvipinnis) A. pinguis Spatulasnout catshark (A. platyrhynchus) Deepwater catshark (A. profundorum) Broadgill catshark (A. riveri) Saldanha catshark (A. saldanha) Pale catshark (A. sibogae) South China catshark (A. sinensis) Spongehead catshark (A. spongiceps) Panama ghost catshark (A. stenseni) Asymbolus Australian spotted catshark (A. analis) Blotched catshark (A. funebris) Western spotted catshark (A. occiduus) Pale spotted catshark (A. pallidus) Dwarf catshark (A. parvus) Orange spotted catshark (A. rubiginosus) Variegated catshark (A. submaculatus) Gulf catshark (A. vincenti) Atelomycterus Bali catshark (A. baliensis) Banded sand catshark (A. fasciatus) Australian marbled catshark (A. macleayi) Eastern banded catshark (A. marnkalha) Coral catshark (A. marmoratus) Aulohalaelurus New Caledonia catshark (A. kanakorum) Australian blackspotted catshark (A. labiosus) Bythaelurus Arabian catshark (B. alcockii) Dusky catshark (B. canescens) Broadhead cat shark (B. clevai) New Zealand catshark (B. dawsoni) Bristly catshark (B. hispidus) Spotless catshark (B. immaculatus) Sombre catshark (B. incanus) Mud catshark (B. lutarius) Cephaloscyllium Whitefin swellshark (C. albipinnum) Circle-blotch pygmy swellshark (C. circulopullum) Cook's swellshark (C. cooki) Reticulated swellshark (C. fasciatum) Formosa swellshark (C. formosanum) Australian reticulate swellshark (C. hicosellum) Draughtsboard shark (C. isabellum) Australian swellshark (C. laticeps) Spotted swellshark (C. maculatum) Leopard-spotted swellshark (C. pardelotum) Painted swellshark (C. pictum) Sarawak pygmy swellshark (C. sarawakensis) Flagtail swellshark (C. signourum) Indian swellshark (C. silasi) Speckled swellshark (C. speccum) Balloon shark (C. sufflans) Blotchy swell shark (C. umbratile) Saddled swellshark (C. variegatum) Swellshark (C. ventriosum) Narrowbar swellshark (C. zebrum) Cephalurus Lollipop catshark (C. cephalus) Figaro Australian sawtail catshark (F. boardmani) Northern sawtail catshark (F. striatus) Galeus Antilles catshark (G. antillensis) Roughtail catshark (G. arae) Atlantic sawtail catshark (G. atlanticus) Longfin sawtail catshark (G. cadenati) Gecko catshark (G. eastmani) Slender sawtail catshark (G. gracilis) Longnose sawtail catshark (G. longirostris) Blackmouth catshark (G. melastomus) Southern sawtail catshark (G. mincaronei) Mouse catshark (G. murinus) Broadfin sawtail catshark (G. nipponensis) Peppered catshark (G. piperatus) African sawtail catshark (G. polli) Phallic catshark (G. priapus) Blacktip sawtail catshark (G. sauteri) Dwarf sawtail catshark (G. schultzi) Springer's sawtail catshark (G. springeri) Halaelurus Speckled catshark (H. boesemani) Blackspotted catshark (H. buergeri) Lined catshark (H. lineatus) Indonesian speckled catshark (H. maculosus) Tiger catshark (H. natalensis) Quagga catshark (H. quagga) Rusty catshark (H. sellus) Haploblepharus Puffadder shyshark (H. edwardsii) Brown shyshark (H. fuscus) Natal shyshark (H. kistnasamyi) Dark shyshark (H. pictus) Holohalaelurus Honeycomb Izak (H. favus) Grinning Izak (H. grennian) Crying Izak (H. melanostigma) White-spotted Izak (H. punctatus) Izak catshark (H. regani) Parmaturus White-tip catshark (P. albimarginatus) White-clasper catshark (P. albipenis) Beige catshark (P. bigus) Campeche catshark (P. campechiensis) Velvet catshark (P. lanatus) McMillan's catshark (P. macmillani) Blackgill catshark (P. melanobranchus) Salamander shark (P. pilosus) Filetail catshark (P. xaniurus) Pentanchus Onefin catshark (P. profundicolus) Poroderma Pyjama shark (P. africanum) Leopard catshark (P. pantherinum) Schroederichthys Narrowmouthed catshark (S. bivius) Redspotted catshark (S. chilensis) Narrowtail catshark (S. maculatus) Lizard catshark (S. saurisqualus) Slender catshark (S. tenuis) Scyliorhinus Polkadot catshark (S. besnardi) Boa catshark (S. boa) Small-spotted catshark (S. canicula) Yellowspotted catshark (S. capensis) West African catshark (S. cervigoni) Comoro catshark (S. comoroensis) Brownspotted catshark (S. garmani) Cinder cloudy catshark (S. hachijoensis) Freckled catshark (S. haeckelii) Whitesaddled catshark (S. hesperius) Blotched catshark (S. meadi) Chain catshark (S. retifer) Nursehound (S. stellaris) Izu catshark (S. tokubee) Cloudy catshark (S. torazame) Dwarf catshark (S. torrei) Taxon identifiers Halaelurus Wikidata: Q1150061 Wikispecies: Halaelurus ADW: Halaelurus AFD: Halaelurus BOLD: 53046 CoL: 4SMM GBIF: 2418517 iNaturalist: 88697 IRMNG: 1222173 ITIS: 160138 NCBI: 88061 NZOR: 790d3aa4-e8cc-4839-b38e-d2aa5ffc53ec Open Tree of Life: 766158 Plazi: 18BCF7C1-682C-6E5A-2191-58B6EAD8C0AB WoRMS: 206188 ZooBank: EF8B4C66-B5D8-494A-A976-671A4547EB5E Authority control databases National Israel Other Yale LUX This shark-related article is a stub. 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