Shark ID

 Caught and released north end of Garden Island, think it might be some type of carpet shark?

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 I think it may be a collared

Sun, 2014-06-15 12:55

 I think it may be a collared carpet shark, not too sure though 

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Black spotted cat shark 

Sun, 2014-06-15 13:27

Black spotted cat shark

 

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Good post

Sun, 2014-06-15 17:54

Never heard of them or seen one and have fished the north end of GI quite a bit, weird looking and look how far back the dorsal fin is.

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Blackspotted Catshark

Mon, 2014-06-16 08:46

Spot on mjohns.  They are quite common but nocturnal - looks like you might have taken the photo at night?  Special little WA shark - only found between The Recherche and Abrolhos

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 Cheers guys, always good to

Mon, 2014-06-16 09:35

 Cheers guys, always good to know what your actually catching.

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interesting you say that they

Tue, 2014-07-15 16:59

interesting you say that they are nocturnal, caught one in the same area in the middle of the day a couple of months ago

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Caught one a couple of weeks ago

Tue, 2014-08-12 21:38

 Not far from Carnac at night.