🦈Epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

O tubarão epaulette (Hemiscyillum ocellatum) é uma das 50 novas espécies descobertas próxima às montanhas da Foja, na Indonésia, em 2006. O tubarão epaulette usa as nadadeiras para se arrastar no fundo dos oceanos. Ele tem manchas pretas pelo seu corpo, seu ventre é branco e a parte de cima do seu corpo tem um tom cinza.

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Conservation status

LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendStable

Key measurements

Body mass: not recorded
Body length: 1.07 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Everything we know about the Epaulette shark

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Body length

1.07 mmaximum recorded

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Trophic level

3.43

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Diet

carnivoreaverage

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From trophic level 3.43 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans

harmless

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average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Epaulette shark yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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肩章鯊 (zh), tubarão-epaulette (pt), エポーレットシャーク (ja), Глазчатая кошачья акула (ru), Hemiscyllium ocellatum (es), Apolet köpek balığı (tr) … and 15 more languages

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