A banded bamboo will rarley reach 42" even in the Ocean. They usually only reach around 3.5' from all the research and specimens i've ever seen. From my understandings through years of research i've always believed that PJ's reach a great size than banded bamboos.
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Not to get all technical on you, Justin - but 42" and 3.5' are the exact same.
But I do agree with your point.
The fact is Bamboos & Eppies are general fast growers - reaching sexually maturity in 2-3 years and will generally reach full adult size in about 6-8 years from birth. Where the Port Jackson's are one of the slowest growing members of the Bullhead/horn genus. They can take 8-12 years just to reach sexually maturity - then takes an addition 10-12 years to reach full size about 4 - 4.5'.
But I do agree with your point.
The fact is Bamboos & Eppies are general fast growers - reaching sexually maturity in 2-3 years and will generally reach full adult size in about 6-8 years from birth. Where the Port Jackson's are one of the slowest growing members of the Bullhead/horn genus. They can take 8-12 years just to reach sexually maturity - then takes an addition 10-12 years to reach full size about 4 - 4.5'.
Hahaha. Sorry that was a typo. I ment to say 42" max in the wild and average of 3' in most cases.
i caught a horn shark that looked just like that last march...it was only 16" though. also i seem to get alot of leopards that look like that also. but usually during march and july (breeding season).
