Showing posts with label Heterodontiformes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heterodontiformes. Show all posts

15 October 2011

CRESTED HORN SHARK / Heterodontus galeatus

CRESTED HORN SHARK / Heterodontus galeatus
Crested Horn Shark, Heterodontus galeatus, Bare Island, NSW

Crested Horn Shark, Heterodontus galeatus, Kurnell, NSW

Crested Horn Shark, Heterodontus galeatus, Camp Cove, NSW


Crested Horn Shark, Heterodontus galeatus, egg capsule


Captive born juvenile Crested Horn Shark, Heterodontus galeatus

 

A juvenile Crested Horn Shark feeding on prawns. Unlike related Port Jackson Sharks, juvenile "cresteds" can be very difficult to get started eating, which makes this footage rather "rare".

PORT JACKSON SHARK / Heterodontus portusjacksoni

PORT JACKSON SHARK / Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Port Jackson Shark, Heterodontus porusjacksoni, Jervis Bay, NSW



Captive born juvenile Port Jackson Shark, Heterodontus porusjacksoni

Port Jackson Shark, Heterodontus porusjacksoni, egg capsule

Embryo of Port Jackson Shark, Heterodontus porusjacksoni, found without egg