Spotted cat shark

Happy Shark Week! In honor of the One True American Holiday (all other holidays are less true, due to lower shark content), I spent about an hour reading about sharks on Wikipedia. Important findings from a solid morning's research: sharks often have weird names. For example: the birdbeak dogfish. That's a real animal! Ditto the flaccid catshark and, perhaps weirdest of all, the porbeagle, which doesn't sound like a fish at all. Click through for more.

Lembeh Strait is known for critters but we also see the coral cat shark from time to time on night dives! Read more about our recent sighting here...

Photo about Small-spotted catshark in water. Image of marine, lesser, small - 59974843

“When i was diving a few days ago, i took what i think is my most favourite pic to date of a small spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), i mean seriously just look at this dude! #smallspottedcatshark #scyliorhinuscanicula #shark #sharkphotography #underwaterphotography”

Small-spotted catshark by LORDPHYMATURUS on DeviantArt

Make connections with the natural world at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, and see why visitors vote the Aquarium a top regional and national attraction each year.

Brooke Pyke on Instagram: "Can’t help but share another one of these beautiful creatures with you. Meet Ellie one of our resident female leopard sharks on the Ningaloo. I can never contain my excitement when spotting one of these sharks. Photographed on tour with @liveningaloo #leopardshark #zebrashark #sharklover #sharks #ningalooreef"

Marbled Catshark

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Chain Catshark [scyliorhinus retifer], known as Chain Dogfish is a species that's common from George’s Bank in Massachusetts, to Nicaragua + the species is considered harmless, is rarely encountered by humans, has been known to feed on squid, bony fish, polychaetes, crustaceans.

Bamboo Cat Shark is a fairly small bottom-dwelling shark. It has a series of small spots on a yellowish-tan body and is recognized by the large spot directly above each pectoral fin.

Filetail Catshark.