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Marbled/Coral Catshark - Atelomycterus marmoratus
Always love to see this Marbled/Coral Catshark - Atelomycterus marmoratus when I go to Malapascua Island.
They are small sized Sharks, up to 0.7 meters in body length as adults. They are oviparous; females lay purse-shaped egg capsules two at a time on the bottom. The eggs takes 4-6 months to hatch.
The local guides likes to joke and call it Meow-Meow Shark (as in Catshark) and its quite ironic that we often sees it at Gato Island, which also means Cat Island (in Spanish) :D
The coral catshark is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is common on shallow coral reefs across the Indo-West Pacific, from Pakistan to New Guinea. Reaching up to 70 cm in length, the coral catshark has an extremely slender body, a short head and tail, and two dorsal fins that are angled backwards.
