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bobbyp
06/15/2006, 10:36 PM
one of the LFS here got this shark, and i believe it is a marbled catshark, what do yall think? b/c they dont know what it is, but i would really like it, but i want to know what it is before i go and buy it...thanks in advance! http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j133/ba6211/DSCN1097.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j133/ba6211/DSCN1096.jpg
MRBONNETHEAD
06/15/2006, 11:08 PM
Better pics please!
Its hard to tell but the coloring looks really dark compared to a marble cat.
stykthyn
06/16/2006, 12:19 AM
I vote marbled too
bobbyp
06/16/2006, 01:13 PM
here are the pictures smaller and a little bit less blurry, so anyone???

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j133/ba6211/shark.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j133/ba6211/shark2.jpg
Fishfreak218
06/16/2006, 01:15 PM
bump....
New Jankees
06/16/2006, 01:45 PM
it looks like a Epaulette Shark, I have a Marble it is 2yrs old. When i bought it was black with white swirls and white spots. Now it has brown and tan colors and is fading as it grows.
Fishfreak218
06/16/2006, 01:49 PM
no it doesnt look like an Epaulette to me...its got to much of a pointy nose and no black cirlce on its side...i say its a dark Leopard Shark
bobbyp
06/16/2006, 01:56 PM
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j133/ba6211/epualshark.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j133/ba6211/epualshark2.jpg

no, i dont think its a epualette shark, unless its a crazy variant, here is my epualette.
bobbyp
06/16/2006, 01:58 PM
that thought came across my mind, but from what i could see it didnt seem to be a requiem shark like a leopard, but more like a catshark, plus it has the whitetipped dorsal fin, which to me indicated a marble catshark, but ive never seen one with those marking, i guess its poss to be a leopard....im gonna go check him out in two days and see how he is doing there, so ill be able to see him better
bobbyp
06/16/2006, 02:00 PM
hey new jankees, do you have any pics of your shark?
majestic sea life
06/16/2006, 02:11 PM
i think its an coral cat shark.
MRBONNETHEAD
06/16/2006, 04:02 PM
Wow not to ruffle any feathers but that epaulette looks really cramped in that tank. What size is it?
bobbyp
06/16/2006, 04:14 PM
375
bobbyp
06/16/2006, 04:54 PM
any other thoughts on ID?
mitzel
06/16/2006, 06:01 PM
It's a marble cat shark

It's to dark colored and no big black spot which nixes epulate
It has band and has very little spots on it so that rules out a coral cat . also from the pictures if thats a coral cat then its about half way to adult hood .
mlcl1985
06/16/2006, 06:14 PM
There is no doubt in my mind that that is a marbled catshark