Striped catshark
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| Poroderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789) |
The striped catshark, Poroderma africanum, is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found in the southeast Atlantic Ocean endemic to South Africa, from the surface to 100 m. Its length is up to 1 m.
The striped catshark is a large catshark with short nasal barbels and long horizontal black stripes, occurring on the continental shelf, both inshore and offshore. It prefers rocky reefs from the intertidal zone down to 100 m depth, and is nocturnal, often found in caves and crevices during the day. It feeds mainly on crustaceans, but also takes bony fish and cephalopods. It is readily kept in captivity.
Reproduction is oviparous.
[edit] References
- "Poroderma africanum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
