Rust-colored carpet shark
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Rust-colored carpet shark ( Parascyllium ferrugineum ) |
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The rust-colored carpet shark ( Parascyllium ferrugineum , syn .: Parascyllium multimaculatum ) is a real shark from the family of collar carpet sharks . He lives off the south coast of Australia and around Tasmania .
features
The species is very elongated and slender, and reaches a length of 80 cm. It has an inconspicuous, darker color in the form of a collar at the level of the gills, sometimes with three to four black spots. The body is gray-brown with large, dark brown spots, also on the fins.
Way of life
The rust-colored carpet shark lives on the continental shelf at depths of up to 150 m near the bottom, in coastal reefs and estuaries. It hides in caves during the day and hunts bottom-dwelling crustaceans and molluscs at night . It is oviparous and lays eggs in yellow tentacles in summer. It is of no interest for fishing, but is occasionally found as bycatch .
Web links
- Rust-colored carpet shark on Fishbase.org (English)
- Parascyllium ferrugineum inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Heupel, MR (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003), 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
literature
- Compagno , Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World , Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2