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Puffadder 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. edwardsii

Binomial name

Haploblepharus edwardsii
(Voigt, 1832)

The puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in South Africa from Cape Agulhas to Natal, from the surface to 130 m. 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. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Its length is up to 59 cm. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth

The puffadder shyshark is found in inshore and offshore waters of the continental shelf, on sandy and rocky bottoms. The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each Continent and associated Coastal plain, which is covered during interglacial periods such It feeds on bony fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods, and is caught by surf anglers. 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

This species was only separated from the Natal shyshark in 2006. The Natal shyshark, Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, is a Cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in South Africa from Cape Previously, there were thought to be two different forms of the same species, the 'Cape' and the 'Natal' types, which differed in coloration and habitat and might have been geographic variants.

Coloration of the puffadder shyshark is sandy brown with 7 reddish-brown saddles bordered by black, and numerous small, dark brown and white spots between saddles, and white below.

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

References

"Haploblepharus edwardsii". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2

Leonard J V Compagno is an international authority on shark taxonomy and the author of many scientific papers and books on the subject best known of which is his 1984 catalogue of shark The Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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