The Indonesian speckled catshark (''Halaelurus maculosus'')Common names for ''Halaelurus maculosus''
at www.fishbase.org. is a species of catshark in the genus ''

Halaelurus ''Halaelurus'' is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. Species * '' Halaelurus boesemani'' S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972 (speckled catshark) * '' Halaelurus buergeri'' ( J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (blackspotted catshark) * '' H ...

''.''Halaelurus maculosus''
at www.fishbase.org. It is a

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

catshark found in the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

. It was named by W. T. White, P. R. Last, and J. D. Stevens in 2007.White, W. T., P. R. Last, and J. D. Stevens, 2007 (16 Nov.) ef. 29295''Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific.'' Zootaxa No. 1639: 1-21. Male ''Halaelurus maculosus'' can reach a maximum length of , while females can reach a maximum length of . Catsharks in this species are occasionally caught by

demersal The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer of ...

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...

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Halaelurus Fish described in 2007 {{Shark-stub