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Chiloscyllium plagiosum
Small shark with brown stripes and tiny spots. Gorgeous bright, crystal blue eyes.
Spotted at Sea World, San Diego
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Thanks anyway pierrewilhelmnaude. And thanks for the ID Eric Kim, it looks perfect. :)
Recently spent some time on Catalina Island and we had a swell shark in the touch tank at the lab and it sort of resembled this...The coloration is keeping me from saying it's definitely a swell shark but the patterns of Swell sharks and leopard sharks can be sort of similar...
Btw I'm no shark expert, just a hunch.