Collared carpetshark

The collar band Teppichhai ( Parascyllium collare ) is a shark from the family of the collar carpet sharks. It is endemic off the Australian coast.

Features

The species is very elongated and slender, and reaches a length of up to 87 cm. Her body is light yellow to reddish brown, at the level of the gills she wears a dark brown color, which gives it its name. Five darker saddles are distributed over the back and tail, black spots on back, tail and fins.

Way of life

The collar band Teppichhai lives on the continental shelf at depths of 20-160 m, usually near rocky reefs or on solid ground. He is like most sharks a predatory fish, little is known about his hunting ground known. The species is ovoviviparous and lays its eggs in shallow, long cases ..