Image: Tawny Shark, Nebrius ferrugineus
A Tawny Shark in a cave surrounded by Shadowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis adusta, at a depth of about 10 m at Blue Magic, Kri, Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia on October 13, 2009. The photograph was taken at on a reef offshore from Waigeo. The tear-drop-shaped reef rises from depths of over 40 m to about 10 m at the shallowest.
- Photographer:
- Guido Zsilavcz
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Tawny Shark
- Scientific name:
- Nebrius ferrugineus
- Family:
- Ginglymostomatidae
- Order:
- Orectolobiformes
Additional information
In Australia the species occurs in tropical inshore waters to depths of 70 m in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Tawny Shark, Nebrius ferrugineus, Ginglymostomatidae, Shadowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis adusta, Holocentridae,