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Title: Draughtsboard shark in giant kelp forest
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A draughtsboard shark (Australian swellshark: Cephaloscyllium laticeps) swims through a giant kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). Like a pufferfish, this species of shark is able to rapidly swell with water and inflate its body. Fortescue Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
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- Algae
- Australia
- Brown Algae
- Brown Algae: Brown Seaweeds: Phaeophyta
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes
- Catsharks: Scyliorhinidae
- draughtsboard shark: Australian swellshark: Cephaloscyllium lati
- Eagle Hawk Neck
- Elasmobranchs: Elasmobranchii
- Fishes
- giant kelp: Macrocystis pyrifera
- Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes
- kelp forest
- Kelps: Sea Weeds: Laminariales
- Marine Life
- Sharks
- Tasmania
- Tasman Sea
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