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Dark shyshark

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Haploblepharus
Species:	H. 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. pictus

Binomial name

Haploblepharus pictus
(Müller & Henle, 1838)

The dark shyshark, Haploblepharus pictus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from Namibia to southwestern Cape Province of South Africa between latitudes 29° S and 36° S. 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 Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast The Cape of Good Hope Province (commonly referred to simply as the Cape Province) was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the Its length is up to 57 cm.

The dark shyshark inhabits the continental shelf, in inshore waters, most common in shallow sandy 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 small bottom-dwelling fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods. Structure of crustaceans As Arthropods crustaceans have a stiff Exoskeleton, which must be shed to allow the animal to grow ( Ecdysis or molting The cephalopods ( Greek plural (kephalópoda "head-feet" are the Mollusc class Cephalopoda characterized by It is caught by shore anglers.

Coloration is dark markings with large light spots without black edges on a yellowish-brown body and on the fins, body also with 7 dark brown or blackish dorsal saddles.

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

References

"Haploblepharus pictus". 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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