What Species of Shark ist this? Found in Victoria, Australia

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Selachophile@reddit

Could be a black spotted cat shark (Aulohalaelurus labiosus), or a congener.

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Sea-Bat@reddit

Def some type of carpet shark. They are known to the area, and have exactly this finnage down to the thin elongated tail and unusual anal fins. This specimen also has the 5 gill slits, small mouth, and of course two dorsal fins.

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Selachophile@reddit

I'll note that there are cat sharks in AUS that check all of those morphological boxes as well. The smoking gun, if any, is the location.

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noopynu7@reddit

Dogshark.

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leese216@reddit

Yeah i thought maybe spiny dogfish.

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deleted_by_reddit@reddit

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marinebiology-ModTeam@reddit

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oaty321@reddit

Potentially a goblin shark (missing its nose)

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honey_salt02@reddit

it’s not a goblin shark. goblin sharks don’t have that pattern, the fins look different, and the body of a goblin shark is thicker than this one’s. i agree with rusty carpetshark more than black spotted catshark just because the spots on this one seem to arrange themselves in a diamond shape which looks more like the carpetshark than the catshark (whose spots arrange more in stripes)

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