eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Poroderma africanum |
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| Common name: |
Pyjama catshark |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Chordata |
Vertebrata |
Chonrichthyes |
Elasmobranchi |
Carcharhiniformes |
Not Defined |
Scyliorhinidae |
Not Defined |
Poroderma |
Poroderma africanum |
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Short Description:
The striped catshark is a distinctive animal having a head and body pale grey with dark grey to blue longitudinal stripes. Its second dorsal fin is smaller than first, and the dorsal fins are set far back on the body. There are short nostril barbels. The animal's belly is pale
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Identification
features: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0 Anal spines: 0 Dorsal and anal fins :equal-sized
Caudal fin:Two pronounced fins Short nasal barbels |
| Size: |
10-100omm |
| Behaviour: |
Nocturnal, often found in caves and crevices during the day
Female produce two brown egg cases attached to seaweed |
| Diet: |
Mainly on crustaceans, but also bony fish and cephalopods |
| Distribution: |
Endemic to South Africa. |
| Depth: |
10-100m |
| Habitat: |
Rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.wikipedia.org/
- Two Oceans
(A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa)
GM Branch;CL Griffiths;ML Branch;LE Beckley
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Database Statistics
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eastern cape scuba diving
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