The Epaulette shark:
Epaulette sharks have nocturnal habits. Epaulette sharks "walk" by wriggling their bodies and pushing with their fins.1. Habitat:
They live in the tropical waters of Australia and New Guinea, in the coral reefs. They also are in the surroundings of Malaysia, Sumatra and the Solomon Islands. Epaulette sharks are found in shallow water to a maximum depth of 50 metres, and are often seen in water barely deep because they don´t saw their bodies. Normally they live 20 years, but it depends on the species.2. Characteristics:
When they are babies her size is 15 cm, but an adult Epaulette shark measures 60 cm; males and 25 cm; females . The maximum is 107 cm. The teeth are small, the eyes are oval and the five pairs of gill stills are small, with the four and fifth very close together.
3. Family group:
It kingdom is Animalia an also are in the class of Chondrichthyes. It binomial name is: hemiscyllium ocellantum.
4.Food:
The young sharks eat : polychaete worms, crabs, amidships, small teleost fishes and shrimps.
And the adults sharks eat: crabs, polychaete worms, snapping, mantis shrimp and small teleost fishes. This shark use its olfactory and electro-receptive senses to locate the prey. A curiosity is that the epaulette shark can chew its food for up to 5-10 minutes.
5. Reproduction:
The period of reproduction takes place from July to December. Copulation lasts about one and a half minutes. This species is oviparous, with females depositing eggs from August to December. The female drops the egg capsules two (rarely four) at a time every 14 days, producing a total of 20–50 eggs per year. Each egg case measures 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. The young emerge after 120–130 days.
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