Cat Shark

© Johan Boshoff

Vito Rantolovelo Ra Xindyangu

Catsharks

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Scyliorhinidae

Size

Kwalomu ka 3m

Nhlamuselo

Ti dorsal fins tisungule eka leyi nhlampfi leswi endlaka leswaku yikota kuhlamuseleka ku antswa. Dorsal fin ya vumbirhi iyikulu swinene, matihlo aya lave kuva xirhendzevutani. Kuna ku hambana eka pattern ya mihlovo ya yona laha emirini wa yona.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukule ku fika eka 15 yiva na tinxakanxaka to ringana 105. Ndyangu lowukulu swinene eka ti sharks. Yikumeka ngopfu laha kunga enta swinene ngopfu ngopfu lomu kunga enta kuya fika eka 2000m. Ndyangu wa yona wu tlharihe ngopfu navusiku. Loko yi khoma swakudya swayona yo swiminta Kunene. Yitshikela matandza lawa yakulu swinene lawa yanga na swikhambha swotsindziyela.

Swakudya

Yidya swihadyani leswi pfumalaka rhambu ra laha nhlaneni na tihlampfi letintsongo.

Kuhangalaka

Tikumeka eka malwandle hinkwawo laha misaveni.

Common Species

Coral catshark
Atelomycterus marmoratus
Puffadder shy shark
Haploblepharus edwardsii
Pyjama catshark
Poroderma africanum