Indonesian speckled catshark

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rigby, C.L. |author2=Derrick, D. |author3=Dharmadi, Fahmi, Tanay, D. |author4=Utzurrum, J.A.T. |date=2020 |title=Halaelurus maculosus |volume=2020 |page=e.T161644A124520542 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161644A124520542.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Halaelurus

| species = maculosus

| authority = W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007

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The Indonesian speckled catshark (Halaelurus maculosus) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.{{FishBase|Halelurus|maculosus|month=June|year=2024}} It is a tropical catshark found in the Pacific Ocean. 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.) [ref. 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 {{convert|45.7|cm|in}}, while females can reach a maximum length of {{convert|52.8|cm|in}}. Catsharks in this species are occasionally caught by demersal fisheries.