Tiger catshark
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| Halaelurus natalensis (Regan, 1904) |
The tiger catshark, Halaelurus natalensis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found from Cape Agulhas to East London in South Africa between latitudes 33° S and 35° S, from the surface to 170 m. Its length is up to 45 cm.
The tiger catshark has a prominent upturned knob on the snout, and a broad head. It is found on the continental shelf, from close inshore to deeper water, feeding mainly on small bony fishes and crustaceans, also cephalopods and small elasmobranchs.
Coloration is yellow-brown in color, with pairs of broad, vertical, dark brown stripes outlining dusky saddles, and cream ventrally.
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- "Halaelurus natalensis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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