Whiskery shark
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| Furgaleus macki (Whitley, 1943) |
The whiskery shark, Furgaleus macki, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Furgaleus, found worldwide on the continental shelf in the subtropical eastern Indian Ocean, from southern Australia from Shark Bay (probably as far north as Exmouth Gulf) to eastern Victoria and Tasmania at depths of up to 220 m. It grows to 1.6 m long.
The whiskery shark is common on rock bottom, seaweed and kelp beds, feeding on octopuses, squid, bony fishes, lobsters, peanut worms and seagrass. Its flesh is marketed fresh for human consumption.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 5 to 24 pups in a litter, 20 to 25 cm long at birth.
[edit] References
- "Furgaleus macki". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
