| Banded sand catshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Atelomycterus |
| Species: | A. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Atelomycterus fasciatus Compagno & Stevens, 1993
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The banded sand catshark (Atelomycterus fasciatus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, endemic to northern Australia between latitudes 10° S and 21° S, at depths between 27 and 120 metres (89 and 394 ft). Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in). They were the first sharks to be discovered living in sponges.[2]