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Draughtsboard
Shark
Characteristics |
Scientific Name:
Cephaloscyllium isabellum |
Family Name:
Scyliorhinidae |
Size:
1 - 2 m |
Color:
dark saddles and blotches (checker board pattern,
hence the name) on a brown, sometimes golden background |
Diet:
bony fishes (including cod, sand perch and blennies),
on elasmobranchs (spiny dogfish) and invertebrates
(including octopuses, squids, snails, innkeeper worms,
krill, hermit crabs, brachyuran crabs and spiny lobster).
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