Scientific Name	Atelomycterus marmoratus   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	斑貓鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	貓鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F023　Scyliorhinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	白斑斑鯊
Max Length	70 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	沙條、斑貓鮫、沙鰷(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sumatra, Indonesia
Synonyms	Ateleomycterus marmoratum, Atelomycterus marmoratum, Scyllium maculatum, Scyllium marmoratum, Scyllium pardus
Reference	Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler 2005
Specimen List	ASIZP0802439. ASIZP0802440. ASIZP0806559. ASIZP0912439. ASIZP0912440. ASIZP0916559. FRIP01266. FRIP21088. NMMBP02266.
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Coral catshark; Marbled cat shark
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Lower Risk/near threatened(NT)  2003-04-30
Characteristic	Claspers of adult males extremely attenuated and narrow, reaching at least 2/3 of distance from pelvic insertions to anal origin. Colour pattern highly variegated, dorsal saddles obsolete, black spots enlarged and often merging together to form dash and bar marks that bridge saddle areas, light ground colour forming large white spots scattered on sides and back.Body elongate, slender. head width little less than its length. Snout short, rounded as seen from above, lower eyelid attached within upper eyelid; interorbital convex. Spiracle small, close behind eye. Gill openings small, equidistant, last 2 above pectoral base. Mouth broadly ovate, with long labial furrow around mouth angle; no cirri. Teeth small, tricuspid, median cusp twice as long as outer. Fins rather small, dorsals about similar in shape and size, their anterior margins weakly convex, distal margins concave, rear tip acute; 1st dorsal origin little behind midpoint of ventral.2nd dorsal origin over forward half of anal, interdorsal space nearly twice 1st dorsal base. Pectoral moderate, outer margin slightly convex, inner angle broadly rounded. Light brown above, whitish below. Irregular dark blotches mixed with white spots retained as brown edged ocellin on back and fins; extremities of fins more or less whitish.
habitats	A common but little-known, harmless inshore species, found on coral reefs, and thought to inhabit crevices and holes on reefs. Oviparous, with single egg-cases laid per oviduct. Maximum 70 cm; adult males 47 to 62 cm; adult females 49 to 57 cm.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and India to Malaya; Singapore, Indonesia, New Guinea, Thailand, Viet Nam, The Philippines, southern China, Taiwan.
Utility	Probably caught with line gear and gillnets, with flesh utilized fresh and dried-salted for food or processed for fishmeal and oil.