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	Zebra Shark Pup Webcam - Explore the Aquarium - The Georgia Aquarium
		Zebra shark pups have hatched at the Georgia Aquarium!
		The zebra shark is often confused with the leopard shark, a smaller, cold water shark.
		The zebra shark pup is 8 to 10 inches at birth.
	www.georgiaaquarium.org /exploreTheAquarium/webcams.aspx (682 words)

	State Aquatic Emblem: Selected species: Zebra Shark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The Zebra Shark is a bottom dwelling shark largely found on reefs to a depth of 62m.
		Zebra Sharks are oviparous (they lay eggs outside of the body).
		The Zebra Shark is found in coastal waters throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific.
	www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au /emblem/ss_shark.html (341 words)

	2 SHARK RESOURCES IN CHINA
		The shark resources of the East and South China seas appear to be relatively abundant in view of the landings and the number of important species.
		Shark landings in Guangdong and Fujian provinces represent 80% of the national shark production (40% each), and the remaining 20% are from the Guangxi, Zhejiang, Hainan and Shanghai areas.
		In 1996, 4 608 tonnes of shark were caught in Fujian province, 100 tonnes of Chiloscyllium plagiosum, 40 tonnes of Carcharhinus sorrah and 76 tonnes of Carcharhinus melanopterus.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/X3690E/x3690e1s.htm (373 words)

	Zebra shark
		Zebra sharks are found around near-shore reefs of the western Pacific Ocean (Japan to Australia), the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea.
		Although this shark is not listed as threatened or endangered, it is regularly taken in inshore fisheries and may thus be vulnerable to decline.
		Zebra shark meat, collected by inshore fisheries, is sold both fresh and salt-dried and is used in fishmeal.
	www.aqua.org /animals_zebrashark.html (334 words)

	Shedd Aquarium
		The snout or nose of the zebra shark is large, but the mouth is small.
		This shark lounges in relatively shallow waters at depths of 17 to 100 feet (5 to 30 m).
		The zebra shark is often confused with the leopard shark, a smaller, cold water shark.
	www.sheddaquarium.org /sea/fact_sheets.cfm?id=105 (1498 words)

	NOVA Online \| Island of the Sharks \| Orectolobiformes
		Shark bite: Divers must be careful of stepping on or near wobbegongs, which are well-camouflaged and have been known to bite in self defense or by mistaking a human foot for prey.
		Young zebra sharks have a color pattern of yellow stripes on a dark brown background; the adult sharks have a pattern of small brown spots and blotches on a yellow background.
		Shark bite: The zebra shark has a slender, flexible body and caudal fin which allows it to squirm into narrow cracks and reef crevices in search of food.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/sharks/world/orectolobiformes.html (946 words)

	Shark Ecomorphotypes
		Sharks that inhabit a given habitat type often converge on a suite of similar adaptations, regardless of ancestry.
		The sharks grouped here are typically medium-sized (5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres in length) and are often quick and agile hunters, collectively comprising the majority of living shark species.
		Adult bullhead sharks (family Heterodontidae) feature conical, sometimes multi-cusped, grasping teeth at the front of the mouth and flat, molar-like teeth at the rear, which are well-suited to crushing the hard, calcareous shells of their prey.
	www.elasmo-research.org /education/topics/de_ecomorphotypes.htm (2826 words)

	Zebra shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Not to be confused with the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata.
		The zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, is a common carpet shark of inshore Indo-Pacific waters notable for its very long caudal fin, nearly as long as its body.
		The zebra shark is a slow-moving type, often just sitting on the seafloor in the vicinity of coral reefs, on sandy or rocky bottoms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zebra_shark (430 words)

	Sharks
		The whale shark is found in all tropical and subtropical oceans, along coastal regions, and enters lagoons on tropical islands.
		The megamouth shark is not likely to be seen by divers because they often live at great depths in the ocean.
		The blue shark is one of the most attractive sharks because it is large and slender, with an indigo blue upper body, bright blue sides, and the a white belly.
	www.geocities.com /jzbar2002/sharks.htm (670 words)

	Leopard Shark, Zebra Shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, Stegostoma varium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Leopard Shark, Zebra Shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, Stegostoma varium
		The Zebra Shark is a bottom feeder that is found in the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea.
		Zebra Shark adults can grow to 11.5 feet (354 cm) but are more common in the 5-8 foot (150-250 cm) range.
	animal-world.com /encyclo/marine/sharks_rays/leopard_bottom.php (674 words)

	Zebra Markings
		Tagging of Whale Sharks is a relatively recent activity and no one - to my knowledge, at least - has tagged a neonate of this species and observed its pigmentation pattern for changes throughout its lifetime (however long that might be - 25 years?).
		Between lengths of about 50 and 90 cm, however, zebra sharks' saddles break up into small brown spots and faint brownish splodges on a yellowish background, the markings becoming less linear and the spots more uniformly distributed with growth.
		Although there is considerable variation in the precise pigmentation pattern among individuals of this species, by the time zebra sharks are adult, their back and flanks are pale yellow to yellowish-brown sprinkled with small dark brown to fl spots.
	elasmo-research.org /education/shark_profiles/zebra.htm (1690 words)

	Monterey Bay Aquarium: Online Field Guide
		Zebra sharks hunt at night; in the daytime they usually rest quietly on the bottom, “standing” on their pectoral (side) fins.
		Zebra sharks are caught for their meat, which is eaten fresh, or dried and salted like jerky.
		To curtail this slaughter of sharks, the United States government passed a law in 2000 that forbids shark finning and possessing shark fins without shark bodies, and prohibits foreign fishing vessels from shark finning in the United States’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
	www.mbayaq.org /efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=0&hab=10&inhab=514 (504 words)

	Port Jackson heterodontus portusjacksoni shark jaw
		This is one of the horn sharks that scientists think are direct descendents of the Hybodonts, because they are little changed from these early sharks of the Triassic period from which all modern sharks evolved.
		It is a nocturnal shark of the continental shelves from tide pools to depths of several hundred feet.
		Port Jackson sharks feed primarily on benthic invertebrates---sea urchins, starfish, crabs, barnacles, polychaete worms and small fishes which are grasped with cusped front teeth and crushed with molar-like rear teeth.
	www.rathbonesgifts.com /heterodontus_portusjacksoni.htm (314 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Leopard Shark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Despite the fact that the two sharks do not share the same geographic distribution, the zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) is sometimes confused with the leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) as both animals are referred to by the common name leopard shark in Australia and South East Asia.
		The leopard shark is a strong swimmer and it often forms large nomadic schools that sometimes include brown smooth-hounds (Mustelus henlei), gray smooth-hounds (Mustelus californicus), and spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias).
		The shark is used primarily as a food source, and is sold both fresh and frozen.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/LeopardShark/LeopardShark.html (1052 words)

	Shark Glossary: U-Z - EnchantedLearning.com
		If the shark or shark term you are looking for is not in the dictionary, please e-mail us.
		Carcharhinus leucas is also known as the Bull shark, the Ganges shark, the River shark, the Cub shark, the Zambezi shark, the Shovelnose shark, the Slipway gray shark, the Square-nose shark, and the Nigaragua shark.
		It is a common shark and is found in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the central Pacific Ocean and the Tropical eastern Pacific.
	www.zoomdinosaurs.com /subjects/sharks/glossary/indexu-z.shtml (977 words)

	Shark & Ray Gallery
		Sharks range in size from the small 16 cm, 15 g dwarf dogshark (Etmopterus perryi) to the gigantic 12 m, 12,000 kg whale shark (the largest fish in the world).
		Although sharks do not exhibit the fantastic range of coloration seen in bony fishes, there are many that do vary in color and markings, and some change throughout their life cycles.
		The zebra shark, for example, is born with strong white stripes over a dark brown background, but as the creature grows, stripes change to brownish spots over a palish, dusky green background.
	www.amnh.org /learn/pd/sharks_rays/gallery_week3/index.html (475 words)

	Aquarium of the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Zebra sharks are primarily bottom dwellers that live in warm shallow inland waters, of continental and island shelves.
		Zebra sharks have been known to live 15 years or more However, average longevity in the wild is not known.
		Zebra sharks are not highly valued commercially except in the aquarium trade.
	www.aquariumofpacific.org /ANIMAL_DATABASE/ADBprint.asp?id=37 (219 words)

	Port Jackson Shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni
		The Port Jackson Shark occurs in southern Australian waters from southern Queensland south to Tasmania and west to the central coast of Western Australia.
		Studies of Port Jackson Shark genetics suggest there may be two populations in Australia, one occurring from southern Queensland to New South Wales and the second from north-eastern Victoria to Western Australia.
		Sharks can be oviparous (like the Port Jackson Shark), viviparous (give birth to live young), such as the Blue Shark or ovovivaparous (produce eggs which stay in the female and hatch inside the parent with no placental connection), such as the Grey Nurse Shark.
	www.austmus.gov.au /fishes/students/focus/heter.htm (1232 words)

	Shark Trust
		Following a tip-off received by the Shark Trust, The Shark Alliance was on the scene for today's fish market display of a six meter, two-ton, female basking shark, landed illegally last night in Zeebrugge, Belgium.
		The shark was reportedly taken unintentionally by Belgian trawlers fishing in the Celtic Sea.
		The Shark Trust is saddened by confirmation that sixty rare porbeagle sharks have been caught off North Devon, reported in the Western Morning News following an investigation started by the Shark Trust last week.
	www.sharktrust.org (387 words)

	Longfin Mako shark: Isurus paucus Shark Jaw
		A little-known epipelagic, tropical and warm-temperate shark, apparently common in the western Atlantic and possibly in the Central Pacific, but rare elsewhere.
		The often slimmer build and broad, long pectoral fins of this shark suggest that it is slower and less active than its better-known relative, the shortfin mako (J. Casey, pers.
		Food of this shark is presumably schooling fish and pelagic cephalopods.
	www.rathbonesgifts.com /isurus_paucus_shark_jaw.htm (365 words)

	Aquarium News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The nurse shark was dragged from the property and left behind bushes surrounding the Pier Point landing building that is across from the Aquarium.
		-Zebra shark egg cases that were in the large touchpool were thrown into the large shark exhibit, except for two which were removed, slashed, and left adjacent to the touch pool.
		There is a camera out in Shark Lagoon, but in order to simulate natural lighting for the health of the animals, most of the lights go out after a certain hour, so it can be difficult for cameras to pick up detail.
	www.aquariumofpacific.org /NEWS_EVENTS/FALL04NEWS/sharkraydeaths.htm (1701 words)

	Emperor Chick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The Aquarium Department was thrilled when a zebra shark pup hatched on July 1, 2002.
		This was the first zebra shark pup hatched at SeaWorld San Diego.
		Australian leopard sharks are oviparous—they are one of the species of sharks that lay eggs.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/small-wonders/shark (120 words)

	Shedd Aquarium \| Zebra Sharks
		“Why is a spotted shark named after a striped mammal?” That’s because zebra sharks are born with dark brown stripes that morph into dark spots against their creamy background color.
		Beyond the spots, a zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) is truly atypical in the looks department.
		While many sharks swim at missile speeds, docile zebras move slowly and often rest quietly on the sandy floor near coral reefs.
	www.sheddaquarium.org /zebrasharks.html (302 words)

	Atlanta,Georgia,11Alive,ATLANTA,News,Weather,Doppler,sports,events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		But the source is not out of this world: one of the zebra sharks is pregnant.
		The first of the zebra shark babies could be born as soon as six weeks from now.
		Sharks give birth in three ways: some lay eggs, as we've just seen, some give birth live, and some lay eggs that hatch inside the female shark and then are delivered live.
	www.11alive.com /life/life_article.aspx?storyid=89108 (432 words)

	Zebra bullhead shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The zebra bullhead shark, Heterodontus zebra, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae, found in the subtropical western Pacific Ocean between latitudes 40° N to 20° S, at depths of between 50 and 200 m.
		The zebra bullhead shark is common but little-known, found on the continental and insular shelves in depths down to at least 50 m in the South China Sea, but deeper and in 150 to 200 m off Western Australia.
		It has a large blunt head, low supra-orbital crest gradually sloping behind the eyes, dorsal fin spines, an anal fin, and a zebra-pattern of dark, narrow vertical bands on a pale background.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zebra_bullhead_shark (187 words)

	Underwater Photo: Leopard Shark, Lady Elliot Island, Australia
		Reaching lengths of 3.5 metres, the Leopard shark is found at depths of 5 to over 30 m.
		The leopard shark is the only member of the Stegostomatidae (Zebra shark) family.
		It's called the Zebra shark family as the juveniles are fl with yellow stripes.
	www.scubatravel.co.uk /leopardshark.html (154 words)

	Zebra Shark Large by Wild Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		This brown and white spotted shark with a pink mouth and a long tail would make a great gift for any shark lover.
		Zebra sharks are found in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, particularly around coral reefs.
		Baby zebra sharks have a striped, zebra-like appearance, but adults are spotted, like leopards!
	www.tableandhome.com /prodhfaid (152 words)

	CDNN Eco News :: Rare albino shark found in Galapagos
		A partial albino zebra shark was taken from the Indian Ocean in 1964.
		Some sharks may sometimes undergo color changes that resemble albinism, but true albinos - resulting from a blocked gene crucial to pigment formation - seem to be very rare among sharks.
		Albino sharks are believed to be so rare because it is thought that while still small, the aberrant coloration makes them easy prey to even larger sharks.
	www.cdnn.info /eco/e020126/e020126.html (363 words)

	FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Heterodontus zebra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		En - Zebra bullhead shark, Fr - Requin dormeur zébré, Sp - Dormilón acebrado.
		A common but little-known bottom shark, found on the continental and insular shelves of the western Pacific,from inshore down to at least 50 m in the South China Sea, but deeper and in 150 to 200 m off Western Australia.
		Sharks of the world An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date.
	www.fao.org /figis/servlet/species?fid=12662 (496 words)

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