🦈Epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

肩章鯊（學名：Hemiscyllium ocellatum），又名斑點長尾鬚鯊，屬於天竺鯊科，亦即竹鯊的一種。於西太平洋發現，生活於巴布亞新畿內亞及北澳大利亞的海域，亦出沒於馬來西亞、蘇門答臘（印尼）及位於南緯1°至26°之間的所羅門群島，水深50米的海底。牠們的長度約為1.07米。肩章鯊普遍出沒於珊瑚礁的淺水帶，甚至在陸地，短留三小時，尤其在潮池。牠們會用鰭「步行」至潮汐池尋找獵物。牠的尾鰭有著明顯的近端凹刻。牠們主要獵食海底區的無脊椎動物。牠們都是卵生的。牠們有著一種能在低氧的環境下，關掉一些非主要的腦部功能的能力。這種能力就像是在低氧的潮汐池獵食的適應能力。

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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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