Green longtail urolais epichlorus langschwanzprinie f fish longtail seamoth pegasus volitans schlanker flügelrossfisch m.
Longtail carpet shark.
They have extremely long tails which are longer than the length of the rest of their body.
A rare shark with a long tail.
Their common name is longtail carpet shark and for good reason.
They are relatively small sharks with the largest species reaching no more than 121 cm 48 in in adult body length.
In australia the family contains three species the epaulette shark the speckled carpet shark hemiscyllium trispeculare and the grey carpet shark chiloscyllium punctatum.
An easy way to tell the difference between the epaulette.
Juveniles up to 30cm have wavy lines or small dark spots.
The hemiscylliidae are a family of sharks in the order orectolobiformes commonly known as longtail carpet sharks and sometimes as bamboo sharks they are found in shallow waters of the tropical indo pacific.
Unlike more well known sharks like the great white the bamboo shark is a small slow moving bottom dweller.
Fish carpetsharks carpet sharks genus orectolobus wobbegongs pl fish collared carpet sharks family parascylliidae kragenteppichhaie pl orn.
The epaulette shark is a member of the fish family hemiscylliidae collectively called the longtail carpet sharks.
Adults are brown or grey.
1 per person 2 per boat with 2 or more people on board combined limit for all shark species.
Generally small slender bottom dwelling sharks characterised by blunt bulbous heads with short nasal barbels and a long tail.
Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order orectolobiformes sometimes the common name carpet shark named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets is used interchangeably with wobbegong which is the common name of sharks in the family orectolobidae carpet sharks have five gill slits two spineless dorsal fins and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes.
A basic introduction to the biology and habits of longtail carpet sharks.
Watch this video on epic.