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Brown shyshark

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Haploblepharus
Species:	H. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Near Threatened ( NT) is a Conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future although The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed Fish with paired fins paired nostrils scales two-chambered hearts and skeletons made of Cartilage rather The ground sharks, order Carcharhiniformes, are the largest order of Sharks they are also called whaler sharks. The cat sharks or catsharks are a family ( Scyliorhinidae) of Sharks with over 110 Species recorded Haploblepharus is a Genus of Catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae. fuscus

Binomial name

Haploblepharus fuscus
Smith, 1950

The brown shyshark, Haploblepharus fuscus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in South Africa from just west of Cape Agulhas to Natal. The cat sharks or catsharks are a family ( Scyliorhinidae) of Sharks with over 110 Species recorded In Biological classification, family ( Latin The cat sharks or catsharks are a family ( Scyliorhinidae) of Sharks with over 110 Species recorded The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Cape Agulhas ( Portuguese: Cabo das Agulhas, "Cape of Needles" is the geographic southern tip of the African Continent KwaZulu-Natal (kwɑːˌzuːluː nəˈtɑːl often referred to as " KZN " is a province of South Africa. Its length is up to 69 cm.

The brown shyshark is sympatric with the puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii, in the southeastern Cape region but there is at least partial microhabitat separation between the two - Haploblepharus fuscus occurs inshore while Haploblepharus edwardsii occurs in deeper water offshore. The puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii, is a Cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in South Africa from The puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii, is a Cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in South Africa from The brown shyshark is the largest shyshark, usually plain yellowish-brown above becoming just yellowish below, with small light spots and indistinct brown saddles in some specimens. It is found close inshore on the continental shelf, often in shallow, rocky areas. The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each Continent and associated Coastal plain, which is covered during interglacial periods such It feeds on lobsters, crabs and small bony fish. Clawed lobsters compose a family ( Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine Crustaceans Lobsters are economically important as Crabs are decapod Crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (βραχύ / brachy It is readily kept in captivity, and is caught by shore anglers.

Reproduction is oviparous. Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other Embryonic development within the mother

References

"Haploblepharus fuscus". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.

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