Striped cat shark

The striped catshark is a distinctive animal having a head and body pale grey with dark grey to blue longitudinal stripes.

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The Striped cat shark lives in the demersal, marine, depth range - 100 m environment.

to this we also observed a striped cat shark hunting on the reef. It was fascinating to watch it dive into little crevasses in short bursts of speed. We did not see it catch anything but it certainly was in hunting mode. More

had observed a striped cat shark hunting which we were fascinated by. We were fortunate to see this again and I spent a lot of time watching this small cat shark as he dived in and out of a number of gullies as he hunted for its prey. More

A new South African and Border record striped Cat Shark of 5,4kg was caught by Robert Randall of Selborne College. There were 32 anglers from eight schools. A total of 62 fish weighing 223,9kg were caught and released. More

Striped cat shark sighted in soupy conditions = Earth-Touch.com requires JavaScript and an up-to-date Flash Player. - Enable Javascript in your browser, and download the Flash Player from Adobe. More

Striped bullhead shark , Striped cat shark , Zebra Port Jackson shark , Zebra horn shark . China : Little shark , Maou urh sha , Mau i sha . More

Common names

African catshark in Unknown
Alitán listado in Spanish (español)
Gestreepte kathaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
L'endormi in Creole, French
L'endormi in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Mácka pyžamová in Czech (česky)
Mácka pyžamová in Czech (česky)
Pyjama shark in English
Rekinek leniwy in Polish (polski)
Roussette rubanée in French (français)
Roussette rubannée in French (français)
Streep-kathaai in Afrikaans
Stribet rødhaj in Danish (dansk)
Striped cat shark in English
striped catshark in English
带纹长须猫鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
帶紋長鬚貓鯊 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Carcharhiniformes
Family : Scyliorhinidae
Genus : Poroderma
Species : Poroderma africanum
Authority : Gmelin, 1789