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Swellshark

Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

2 Species ID Suggestions

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago
Swellshark
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum Swellshark
Epaulette shark
Hemiscyllium ocellatum Epaulette shark


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3 Comments

MichaelBear
MichaelBear 10 years ago

You have Swell sharks in CO? ;-)

Nice catch! We have them in So. Cal.

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago

Hi Art, I'm pretty sure this sighting is a swell shark since the dorsal fin is moved back past the midline of the body and the fact that it does not have the large spots behind its gills that epaulette sharks (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/942...) have.

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago

Please consider adding this to the Shark mission
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9422...

Art Aldrich
Spotted by
Art Aldrich

Denver, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Jul 8, 2012
Submitted on Jul 9, 2012

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