Epaulette feeding pics
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Food ends up mixed into the sand when all the other fish eat. They get their normal food, and then act as a clean up crew on the bottom. There are a bunch of white spotted bamboos in there with her.
What you are seeing in the first pic is just the gills puffer out while she is breathing.
What you are seeing in the first pic is just the gills puffer out while she is breathing.
She is good looking! Hemiscyllium ocellatum. Sea Dwelling has one for sale...haven't asked them for its sex...
Nope -it's definitely not a Ocellated Eppie (H. ocellatum). Which is the reason I asked the question - in the first place. Although I don't doubt it was sold as the Ocellated Epaulette. Since most epaulettes sold in the U.S. are sold as Ocellated Epaulettes - even if they are really another species. It actually looks like some the pictures I've seen for H. galei which was discovered in 2008.
I agree it has unusual patterning and does resemble galei, but without knowing where it was collected or running DNA samples we cant be sure. I can't imagine anyone would go through the trouble to collect and export from PNG only to sell the animals as much more common and less expensive fish, though I suppose anything is possible. Matt, any idea where your shark was collected?
Any input, Matt? If it is something other than H. ocellatum I'd be fascinated to hear how she got here! I've been searching high and low for H. hallstromi to no avail, so would love to hear how you got ahold of a more rare PNG shark. If she is ocellatum, ERI also has one for sale...