Image: Dorsal view of a Draughtboard Shark

Dorsal view of a Draughtboard Shark from the Australian Museum fish collection.

Photographer:

Mark Allen

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Order:

Carcharhiniformes

Additional information

This specimen is the holotype of Cephaloscyllium isabella laticeps nascione, Whitley, 1932 (AMS IA.2829). It was collected at a depth of 165 m, 38 km north-east of Montague Island, New South Wales in September 1926.

Last Updated: 8 September 2009

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Draughtboard Shark, Cephaloscyllium laticeps,