#brown shyshark

[i-am-a-giant-siphonophore]

brown shysharks!

brown shysharks are a species of catshark and they reside in the coastal, shallow waters of south africa!

when frightened, this shark curls up with its tail over its eyes, hence the name shyshark

they are around 60-68 cm long and they feed on bony fish and lobsters!

they are typically found in shallow rocky zones to a depth of 110 feet (35m)

they are the largest of all species of catshark

the brown shysharks’ predators are larger sharks and fish, as well as the egg-case-eating mollusks!

[respect-the-locals]

🦈 Daily Shark Fact: 🦈

The Brown Shyshark is a sedentary, bottom-dwelling species, endemic to a relatively small stretch of the South African coastline. When frightened or captured the shark curls up with its tail over its eyes.

[sharks-sharkie-blog]

Brown Shyshark <3

This shark is harmless to humans and is even considered a minor pest species. Because of this they are usually discarded or killed when hooked.  Shysharks will curl up into balls and cover their faces with the ends of their tails when frightened, which im pretty sure is where they got their name!! 

This shark is sedentary bottom dweller feeder! They feed on boney fishes and also lobsters. They are a sister species of the Dark Shyshark!! 

i think i love them very much and i hope these sharks have a very good day!!

[shark-of-tha-day]

shark of the day: brown shyshark, haploblepharus fuscus

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brown shysharks, also called plain happies, are smaller sharks despite being the largest of the shyshark family. they can grow to be around 73 cm(~2.4 ft) long. brown shysharks are found around shallow inshore rocky reefs of eastern south africa. they feed primarily on bony fish and lobsters. like others in the shyshark family, brown shysharks will curl into a ring with their tails covering their eyes when threatened.

[b33viemm]

Day 15: Unlabeled Brown Shyshark

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[sharkest-sharks]

Brown shyshark (Haploblepharus fuscus) | Goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)

[themesopelagiczone]

earth fact time. meet the shyshark, the largest species of catshark. when they get scared, they curl up with their tails over their eyes, which is why they're called shysharks!

pictures, in order: brown shyshark, natal shyshark, dark shyshark, puffadder shyshark

inaturalist nz | florida museum

photos: andy murch | andy murch | andy murch | doug perrine

[en8y]

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vampire squid: an aquatic system equivalent to bat twink.

diamond squid: an aquatic system equivalent to lotus.

blanket octopus: an aquatic system equivalent to sea otter.

shyshark: an aquatic system equivalent to sun bear.

shark ray: a younger shyshark. related to cub.

strawberry anemone: an aquatic system equivalent to kit or tie femme.

zebra moray: an aquatic system equivalent to fowl or rope futch.

cappuccino isopod: an aquatic system equivalent to hound or bow butch.

@radiomogai @liom-archive @obscurian @presentationflag-archive

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Jaune: Good morning Everyone.

Ruby: ... Who are you carrying?

Jaune: This is Viol. She's my littlest sister, she's very shy.

Viol: *Curls in on herself*

Yang: Aw! She's so cute!

Viol: *Curls in on herself even More*

Blake: And more flexible than me.

Jaune: Yeah. She doesn't like people all that much. Give her some space.

Weiss: Why'd you bring her in here then?

Jaune: My Mom thinks she needs to get used to people, which is true, so I came to you second.

Ruby: Second?

Jaune: Ren.

RWBY: Oooohhh.

Viol: *Looks up* *Blinks third eyelid*

RW_Y: EEH!

Viol: *Hides again*

Jaune: Nice going guys.

Brown Shysharks will curl into themselves and cover their eyes with their tail when threatened or caught! All sharks have nictating membranes - Third eyelids designed to protect the sensitive organs from parasites and external damage.

[dipperpinesrpblog]

If you were a shark, what shark would you be?

i like brown shysharks!!!

[bacolotl]

I spontaneously decided to do sharktober this year since I’m hyperfixated rn (also just realised there’s already a Sharktober but with more creative and funny prompts so check that one out sjsjs, these are just different species I wanna learn more abt)

Here’s the list in case anyone wants to join, obv feel free to skip days and do whatever you want with the prompts or just do something else entirely

Please do tag me in any shark posts so I can see yalls shark content <3

Expand for the written list in case it’s hard to read:

Day 1: blacktip reef shark

Day 2: hammerhead shark

Day 3: ninja lantern shark

Day 4: carribean reef shark

Day 5: greenland shark

Day 6: mako shark

Day 7: tiger shark

Day 8: nurse shark

Day 9: dogfish

Day 10: thresher shark

Day 11: zebra shark

Day 12: cat shark

Day 13: saw shark

Day 14: goblin shark

Day 15: whale shark

Day 16: leopard shark

Day 17: blue shark

Day 18: lemon shark

Day 19: angel shark

Day 20: great white shark

Day 21: dusky shark

Day 22: spinner shark

Day 23: cookie cutter shark

Day 24: dumb gulper shark

Day 25: basking shark

Day 26: bronze whaler shark

Day 27: pyjama shark

Day 28: brown shyshark

Day 29: frilled shark

Day 30: broadnose sevengill shark

Day 31: bluntnose sixgill shark

Have fun :))

[sirus-themonster]

Here’s some shark breads tha no one asked for but I’m doing anyway!:

African angelshark

African dwarf sawshark

African lanternshark

African ribbontail catshark

African sawtail catshark

American pocket shark

Angelshark

Angular angelshark

Angular roughshark

Antilles catshark

Arabian carpetshark

Arabian catshark

Arabian smooth-hound

Argentine angelshark

Arrowhead dogfish

Atlantic angel shark

Atlantic sawtail catshark

Atlantic sixgill shark

Atlantic sharpnose shark

Atlantic weasel shark

Australian angelshark

Australian blackspotted catshark

Australian blacktip shark

Australian grey smooth-hound

Australian marbled catshark

Australian reticulate swellshark

Australian sawtail catshark

Australian sharpnose shark

Australian spotted catshark

Australian swellshark

Australian weasel shark

Azores dogfish

Bahamas sawshark

Bali catshark

Balloon shark

Banded houndshark

Banded sand catshark

Banded wobbegong

Bartail spurdog

Barbelthroat carpetshark

Barbeled houndshark

Bareskin dogfish

Basking shark

Beige catshark

Bigeye houndshark

Bigeye sand tiger

Bigeye thresher shark

Bighead catshark

Bighead spurdog

Bignose shark

Bigeyed sixgill shark

Birdbeak dogfish

Blackbelly lanternshark

Black dogfish

Blackfin gulper shark

Blackgill catshark

Blackmouth catshark

Blackmouth lanternshark

Blacknose shark

Black roughscale catshark

Blackspot shark

Blackspotted catshark

Blackspotted smooth-hound

Blacktail reef shark

Blacktailed spurdog

Blacktip reef shark

Blacktip sawtail catshark

Blacktip shark

Blacktip tope

Black wonder catshark

Blind shark

Blotched catshark, two different species

Blotchy swellshark

Blue-eye lanternshark

Bluegrey carpetshark

Blue shark

Bluntnose sixgill shark

Blunt-nose spiny dogfish

Blurred lanternshark

Boa catshark

Bonnethead shark

Borneo broadfin shark

Borneo shark

Bramble shark

Brazilian sharpnose shark

Bristled lanternshark

Bristly catshark

Broadbanded lanternshark

Broadfin sawtail catshark

Broadfin shark

Broadgill catshark

Broadhead catshark

Broadmouth catshark

Broadnose catshark

Broadnose sevengill shark

Broad-snout lanternshark

Brownbanded bamboo shark

Brown catshark

Brown lanternshark

Brown shyshark

Brown smoothhound

Brownspotted catshark

Bull shark

Burmese bamboo shark

Campeche catshark

Caribbean lanternshark

Caribbean reef shark

Caribbean roughshark

Caribbean sharpnose shark

Caribbean smooth-hound

Carolina hammerhead

Cenderawasih epaulette shark

Chain catshark

Chilean angelshark

Chilean lanternshark

Clouded angelshark

Cloudy catshark

Coates' shark

Cobbler wobbegong

Collared carpetshark

Combtooth dogfish

Combtooth lanternshark

Common smooth-hound

Comoro catshark

Cook's swellshark

Cookiecutter shark

Copper shark

Coral catshark

Creek whaler

Crested bullhead shark

Crocodile shark

Crying catshark

Cuban dogfish

Cuban ribbontail catshark

Cylindrical lanternshark

Cyrano spurdog

Daggernose shark

Dark freckled catshark

Dark shyshark

Deepwater catshark

Deepwater sicklefin houndshark

Dense-scale lantern shark

Disparate angelshark

Draughtsboard shark

Dumb gulper shark

Dusky catshark

Dusky shark

Dusky smooth-hound

Dusky snout catshark

Dwarf catshark

Dwarf false catshark

Dwarf gulper shark

Dwarf lanternshark

Dwarf sawtail catshark

Dwarf smooth-hound

Dwarf spotted wobbegong

Eastern angelshark

Eastern banded catshark

Eastern highfin spurdog

Eastern longnose spurdog

Eastern spotted gummy shark

Edmund's spurdog

Elongate carpetshark

Epaulette shark

False catshark

False lanternshark

False smalltail shark

Fat catshark

Fatspine spurdog

Fedorov's catshark

Filetail catshark

Finetooth shark

Flaccid catshark

Flagtail swellshark

Flapnose houndshark

Flathead catshark

Floral banded wobbegong

Formosa swellshark

Freckled catshark

Frilled shark

Fringefin lanternshark

Frog shark

Galapagos bullhead shark

Galapagos shark

Galbraith's catshark

Ganges shark

Garrick's catshark

Gecko catshark

Genie's dogfish

Ghost catshark

Ginger carpetshark

Goblin shark

Graceful catshark

Graceful shark

Granular dogfish

Great hammerhead

Great lanternshark

Great white shark

Green-eye spurdog

Green lanternshark

Greenland shark

Grey bamboo shark

Grey sharpnose shark

Grey smooth-hound

Grinning catshark

Guadalupe lanternshark

Gulf catshark

Gulf of Mexico filetail catshark

Gulf smooth-hound

Gulper shark

Gummy shark

Halmahera epaulette shark

Hardnose shark

Harlequin catshark

Hasselt's bamboo shark

Hawaiian lanternshark

Hidden angelshark

Highfin dogfish

Hoary catshark

Honeycomb Izak

Hooded carpetshark

Hooktooth dogfish

Hooktooth shark

Horn shark

Human's whaler shark

Humpback catshark

Humpback smooth-hound

Iceland catshark

Indian swellshark

Indonesian angelshark

Indonesian filetail catshark

Indonesian greeneye spurdog

Indonesian houndshark

Indonesian shortsnout spurdog

Indonesian speckled carpetshark

Indonesian speckled catshark

Indonesian whaler shark

Indonesian wobbegong

Izak catshark

Izu catshark

Jaguar catshark

Japanese angelshark

Japanese bullhead shark

Japanese catshark

Japanese roughshark

Japanese sawshark

Japanese shortnose spurdog

Japanese spurdog

Japanese topeshark

Japanese velvet dogfish

Japanese wobbegong

Kermadec smooth hound

Kermadec spiny dogfish

Kitefin shark

Knifetooth dogfish

Lana's sawshark

Largenose catshark

Largespine velvet dogfish

Largetooth cookiecutter shark

Leafscale gulper shark

Lemon shark

Leopard catshark

Leopard epaulette shark

Leopard shark

Lined catshark

Lined lanternshark

Lined lanternshark

Little gulper shark

Little sleeper shark

Lizard catshark

Lollipop catshark

Lombok highfin spurdog

Longfin catshark

Longfin mako

Longfin sawtail catshark

Longhead catshark

Longnose catshark

Longnose houndshark

Longnose pygmy shark

Longnose sawshark

Longnose sawtail catshark

Longnose spurdog

Longnose velvet dogfish

Longsnout dogfish

Longnose sleeper shark

Lowfin gulper shark

Magnificent catshark

Mandarin dogfish

Mangalore houndshark

McMillan's catshark

Megamouth shark

Mexican angelshark

Mexican hornshark

Milk-eye catshark

Milk shark

Mini gulper shark

Moller's lanternshark

Mosaic gulper shark

Mouse catshark

Mud catshark

Mukah river shark

Narrowbar swellshark

Narrowfin smooth-hound

Narrowhead catshark

Narrowmouthed catshark

Narrownose smooth-hound

Narrowtail catshark

Natal shyshark

Necklace carpetshark

Nervous shark

Network wobbegong

New Caledonia catshark

New Zealand catshark

New Zealand lanternshark

Night shark

Ninja lanternshark

Northern river shark

Northern sawtail catshark

Northern spiny dogfish

Northern wobbegong

Nurse shark

Nursehound

Nurseblood

Oakley's catshark

Oceanic whitetip shark

Ocellate topeshark

Ocellated angelshark

Oman bullhead shark

Onefin catshark

Orange spotted catshark

Ornate angelshark

Ornate dogfish

Ornate wobbegong

Pacific angelshark

Pacific nurse shark

Pacific sharpnose shark

Pacific sleeper shark

Pacific smalltail shark

Pacific spadenose shark

Pacific spiny dogfish

Painted swellshark

Pale catshark

Pale spotted catshark

Panama ghost catshark

Papua shorttail lanternshark

Papuan epaulette shark

Pelagic thresher shark

Peppered catshark

Phallic catshark

Philippines angelshark

Philippines ribbontail catshark

Philippines swellshark

Pigeye shark

Pink lanternshark

Pinocchio catshark

Plunket's shark

Pocket shark

Pondicherry shark

Porbeagle shark

Port Jackson shark

Portuguese dogfish

Prickly dogfish

Prickly shark

Puffadder shyshark

Pygmy lanternshark

Pygmy ribbontail catshark

Pygmy shark

Quagga catshark

Rasptooth dogfish

Redspotted catshark

Reticulated swellshark

Roughback catshark

Rough longnose dogfish

Roughskin catshark

Roughskin dogfish

Roughskin spurdog

Roughtail catshark

Rusty carpetshark

Rusty catshark

Saddle carpetshark

Saddled swellshark

Sailback houndshark

Sailfin roughshark

Salamander shark

Saldanha catshark

Salmon shark

Sandtiger shark

Sandbar shark

Sarawak pygmy swellshark

Sarawak smooth-hound

Sawback angelshark

Scalloped bonnethead

Scalloped hammerhead

Scoophead

Sculpted lanternshark

Seychelles carpetshark

Seychelles gulper shark

Seychelles spurdog

Sharpfin houndshark

Sharpnose sevengill shark

Sharptooth houndshark

Sharptooth smooth-hound

Sherwood dogfish

Shortbelly catshark

Shortfin mako

Shortfin smooth lanternshark

Shortnose demon catshark

Shortnose sawshark

Shortnose spurdog

Shortspine spurdog

Shorttail lanternshark

Shorttail nurse shark

Sicklefin houndshark

Sicklefin lemon shark

Sicklefin smooth-hound

Sicklefin weasel shark

Silky shark

Silvertip shark

Sixgill sawshark

Slender bamboo shark

Slender catshark

Slender gulper shark

Slender sawtail catshark

Slender smooth-hound

Slender weasel shark

Sliteye shark

Smallbelly catshark

Smalldorsal catshark

Smalleye catshark

Smalleye hammerhead

Smalleye lantern shark

Smalleye pygmy shark

Smalleye smooth-hound

Smallfin catshark

Smallfin gulper shark

Small-spotted catshark

Smalltail shark

Smalltooth sand tiger

Smoothback angelshark

Smooth hammerhead

Smooth lanternshark

Smoothtooth blacktip shark

Snaggletooth shark

Sombre catshark

South China catshark

Southern African frilled shark

Southern dogfish

Southern lanternshark

Southern lollipop catshark

Southern mandarin dogfish

Southern sawtail catshark

Southern sleeper shark

Spadenose shark

Sparsetooth dogfish

Spatulasnout catshark

Speartooth shark

Speckled carpetshark

Speckled catshark

Speckled smooth-hound

Speckled swellshark

Spined pygmy shark

Spinner shark

Spiny dogfish

Splendid lanternshark

Spongehead catshark

Spotless catshark

Spotless smooth-hound

Spottail shark

Spotted-belly catshark

Spotted estuary smooth-hound

Spotted houndshark

Spotted wobbegong

Springer's sawtail catshark

Starspotted smooth-hound

Starry catshark

Starry smooth-hound

Steven's swellshark

Straight-tooth weasel shark

Striped catshark

Striped smooth-hound

Sulu gollumshark

Swellshark

Taillight shark

Tailspot lanternshark

Taiwan angelshark

Taiwan saddled carpetshark

Taiwan spurdog

Tasselled wobbegong

Tawny nurse shark

Thorny lanternshark

Thresher shark

Tiger catshark

Tiger shark

Tope shark

Triton epaulette shark

Tropical sawshark

Variegated catshark

Velvet belly lanternshark

Velvet catshark

Velvet dogfish

Viper dogfish

West African catshark

West Indian lanternshark

Western angelshark

Western gulper shark

Western highfin spurdog

Western longnose spurdog

Western spotted catshark

Western spotted gummy shark

Western wobbegong

Whale shark

Whiskery shark

White-bodied catshark

Whitecheek shark

White-clasper catshark

Whitefin dogfish

White-fin smooth-hound

Whitefin swellshark

Whitefin topeshark

White ghost catshark

White-margin fin smooth-hound

Whitemarked gollumshark

Whitenose shark

Whitesaddled catshark

Whitespotted bamboo shark

Whitespotted bullhead shark

Whitespotted catshark

Whitespotted smooth-hound

Whitetail dogfish

White-tip catshark

Whitetip reef shark

Whitetip weasel shark

Winghead shark

Yellowspotted catshark

Zebra bullhead shark

Zebra shark

[peaceandlove26]

my little sharky

[noodlenoodlenoodlenoodle]

Sharks: 5/60

The brown shyshark looks so much like a catfish it's extremely precious. Baby shark baby shark baby shark

The brown shyshark grows up to about 24 inches(60cm) so it's extremely small compared to other sharks!!! I couldn't find anything detailing the weight though :(

They're usually populating the waters around South Africa in rocky/sandy bottomed places. I also couldn't find any age range💀. I don't think it has been studied very much, so there's not much info. Just bask in how cute the lil sharkie is!!!

[chilirasbora]

Brown shyshark (plain happy) | Haploblepharus fuscus

Photo credit: x, x

[b33viemm]

Collage!

This is it! I put my whole long nice message in the Day 30 post [link] so I'll keep this short 😅 Thank you to anyone who requested anything (especially for the Disabled Pride Flag, if you're seeing this). Had a lot of fun :)

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Feel free to to with credit

(List of sharks below with links)

1 - Lesbian Whale Shark

2 - Transgender Tiger Sharks

3 - Abrosexual Lemon Shark

4 - Bigender Thresher Shark

5 - Aromantic Angel Shark

6 - Pansexual Hammerhead

7 - Genderfluid Bonnethead Shark

8 - Intersex Pacific Spadenose

9 - Asexual Epaulette Shark

10 - Bisexual Nurse Shark

11 - Gay Leopard Shark

12 - Nonbinary Horn Shark

13 - Aroace Basking Shark

14 - Sapphic Zebra Sharks

15 - Unlabeled Brown Shyshark

16 - Kleegender Oceanic Whitetip

17 - Genderqueer Wobbegong

18 - Achillean Bull Shark

19 - Voidpunk Catshark

20 - Leather Greenland Shark

21 - Nebularomantic Goblin Shark

22 - Lesboy Frilled Shark

23 - Gaybian Bahamas Sawshark

24 - Uranic Giant Manta Ray

25 - Demigender Port Jackson

26 - Gendervoid Chimaera "Ghost Shark"

27 - Bi Nonbinary Spiny Angelshark

28 - Queer Great White Shark

29 - Rainbow Flag Bamboo Shark

30 - Original Pride Flag (Gilbert Baker) Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

1b (July) - Disability Pride Silky Shark