Fish I.D. Project By: Katie Blastos
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 6
Common Name: Zebra Shark Scientific Name: Stegostoma fasciatum Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Stegostomatidae
Geography / Habitat: Zebra sharks live in the central, western and Indian Pacific oceans. This species is abundant in Australian coastal waters. Life Strategy: Females lay eggs, and are suspected to lay more than one egg at a time. There is no pronounced parental care in either eggs or newly hatched offspring. Newly fertilized eggs are laid on rocks at the bottom of reefs. From the time they hatch they are independent of their parents. Food / Feed Strategy: Zebra Sharks mainly eat mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. They are fast swimmers and are capable of catching their prey by weaving in and out of the reefs.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Stegostoma_fasciatum.html http://www.aqua.org/animals_zebrashark.html
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