Collared Carpetshark
The Rusty Carpet Shark (Parascyllium ferrugineum) differs
from the Varied Carpet Shark in its colour pattern. It lacks
the pitch black collar with the dense white spots. Instead
it has a hazy or indistinct collar patch matched by 5 or 6
hazy 'saddles' or broad bands down its body. It has brown
instead of white spots on the body and fins with a base colour
of grey or brown fading into a pale belly. Like the Varied
Carpet Shark the female Rusty Carpet Shark lays small eggs
during winter and early spring with tendrils that attach them
to reef vegetation. Distribution is from the eastern Victorian
border around to Albany in Western Australia. It can be found
in the shallows by snorkelers but is normally encountered
by scuba divers at depths of more than 15 m on densely carpeted
reefs or, at times, on deep seagrass beds. All carpet sharks
are harmless but react violently when handled.
Collared Carpetshark
Collared Carpetshark
Collared Carpetshark
Collared Carpetshark
Collared Carpetshark
Collared Carpetshark
Collared Carpetshark
Collared Carpetshark
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