epaulette shark
hemiscyllium ocellatum latin

Epaulette sharks are being studied for ways to protect the brains of stroke patients.

Unlike most sharks, the epaulette shark may chew its food for up to 5-10 minutes.

Epaulette sharks are largely nocturnal and are most active in low water.

Epaulette sharks can survive at low tides when oxygen levels plummet.

Epaulette sharks are harmless to humans, though if handled they may nip their captors.

The documentary shows an Epaulette shark's ability to walk over land, and its hunting behaviours in the ebbing tide.

Epaulette sharks are preyed upon by larger fishes such as other sharks.

Due to their hardiness and small size, epaulette sharks are popular with both public and home aquaria.

The epaulette shark has an elongated body, over half of which is comprised by the slender caudal peduncle.

The physiological responses of the epaulette shark to low oxygen are mediated by the nucleoside adenosine.

The epaulette shark is an opportunistic predator of benthic crustaceans, worms, and small bony fish.

Epaulette sharks have nocturnal habits and frequent shallow water on coral reefs or in tidal pools.

Rather than swim, epaulette sharks often "walk" by wriggling their bodies and pushing with their paired fins.

Adult epaulette sharks are beige to brownish above with many widely spaced brown spots and subtle darker bands.

Mating in the epaulette shark takes place from July to December, though in captivity reproduction occurs continuously.

Richard caught his first Epaulette shark from the Coral Sea and took it home to keep in his aquarium when he was eleven years old.

At night, the shallow reef platforms inhabited by the epaulette shark often become isolated from the ocean by the receding tide.

Epaulette sharks are oviparous, with females depositing pairs of egg capsules around every 14 days from August to December.

Epaulette sharks are almost all parasitized by the praniza (parasitic) larval stage of gnathiid isopods.

A small species usually under 1 m (3.3 ft) long, the epaulette shark has a slender body with a short head and broad, paddle-shaped paired fins.

Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Epaulette shark)

Hemiscyllium henryi (Henry's epaulette shark)

Hemiscyllium galei (Cenderwasih epaulette shark)

Hemiscyllium hallstromi (Papuan epaulette shark)

Hemiscyllium michaeli (Milne Bay epaulette shark)