Hi Steve, this is my field, so forward me the shots and I'll have a look. You
are right that the hemiscylliids are a tropical family, not occurring in
Victorian waters. I suspect that you will looking at a a catshark of the genus
Cephaloscyllium.
Cheers, Pete Kyne
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From: on behalf of Steve
Sent: Mon 1/28/2008 6:29 PM
To:
Cc: Rob Farnes
Subject: Any shark experts in our midst?
G'day all
I was birding with Rob Farnes yesterday and he picked up a small dead
shark near the mouth of the Fitzroy River (sw Victoria). I took a
couple of photos and have had a bit of a Google to see if I could
identify it. The closest I can get in appearance is one of the Bamboo
Sharks (family Hemiscylliidae) but these seem to be in tropical
Australia only.
If anyone would like a look at the photos (reasonable but not great)
let me know and I'll send them.
p.s. nine Wood Sandpipers at Yambuk was our birding highlight!
Cheers
Steve Clark
Hamilton, Vic
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