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Associated observations

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What

Australian Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon taylori)

Observer

melissa_staines

Date

August 9, 2017 02:51 PM AEST

Description

Species ID Please Found on a estuarine beach in Shorncliffe (Moreton Bay, Queensland). Small female shark with large eyes, 5 gill slits, olive/bronze back with a white underbelly, rayed fins (clear rays in pectoral fins), straight caudal tail, precaudal pit, transparent snout, black tips on caudal and dorsal fin. She was about 35 - 40cm long, sorry I didn't have a measuring tool with me at the time.
I think it was caught in deep water (hook mark in jaw) and then discarded at the boat ramp near by.

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