A juvenile brownbanded catshark or bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum, Philippines. It is because the barbels at the mouth of this shark look like

A juvenile brownbanded catshark or bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum, Philippines. It is because the barbels at the mouth of this shark look like  Stock Photo
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David Fleetham / Alamy Stock Photo

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PEJA2D

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98.9 MB (4.2 MB Compressed download)

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7200 x 4800 px | 61 x 40.6 cm | 24 x 16 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

5 March 2009

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A juvenile brownbanded catshark or bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum, Philippines. It is because the barbels at the mouth of this shark look like a cat's whiskers, that this shark is known as a Cat Shark, also named a Brown-Banded, Banded, Brown-Spotted, Black Banded, and Blackbanded Bamboo Shark, Cat Shark or Catshark.