Tasselled wobbegong
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
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Size, compared with you
You: 1.7 m. Tasselled wobbegong: 1.8 m.
Person-sized. Grows up to about 1.8 m.
The tasselled wobbegong is a flat shark covered in leafy fringes that look like seaweed, so it blends into coral reefs. It lies still and snaps up fish and other animals that swim close.
The weird bit
While it rests, a tasselled wobbegong can wave its tail so that it looks like a small fish, then ambush whatever comes to take a look.
Quick facts
- Where it lives
- Coral reef0 to 50 m down
- What it eats
- Bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods like octopus and squid
- How worried are we?
- Doing okay (Least Concern)Assessed in 2023 by the IUCN Red List.