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New Caledonia catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Atelomycteridae
Genus:	Aulohalaelurus
Species:	A. kanakorum
Binomial name
Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990

The New Caledonia catshark (Aulohalaelurus kanakorum), or Kanakorum catshark, is a coloured catshark belonging to the family Atelomycteridae in the order Carcharhiniformes, known only from one specimen collected near southwestern New Caledonia in the western central Pacific Ocean. The holotype measured 79 cm (31 in). The New Caledonia catshark is a rare and vulnerable inshore catshark found around coral reefs.

References

1. Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Aulohalaelurus kanakorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41870A116737571. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41870A116737571.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aulohalaelurus kanakorum". FishBase. May 2006 version.

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