Bluegray Carpet Shark

Facts about Bluegray Carpet Sharks, "Scientific name for Bluegray Carpet Shark is Brachaelurus colchloughi". The Bluegray Carpet Shark also known as Brachaelurus colcloughi, are easily forgotten when it comes to conservation of sharks yet the cryptic critters are equally important as the big and flashy sharks that get all the attention. The Bluegray Carpet Shark are uncommon bottom-dwellers that are very common in the northeastern coast of Australia.

The Bluegray Carpet Shark species is a perfect example that an organism’s nature is more important than its name. Common names that have been used to refer to this species of fish include:- Colclough’s shark, blue-gray catshark, southern blind shark, blue-grey carpetshark.

Unfortunately, such a case can mislead one to place this species in another genus: Bluegray Carpet Shark is known as Heteroscyllium colcloughi. Either way it is one of the species of the blind sharks.

Some Facts of the Bluegray Carpetshark

The Bluegray Carpet Shark are called blind sharks because they tend to close their eyes when they are brought out of the water. It is a rare species as it has been seldom observed despite the many years of fish surveying.

Physical Description of Bluegray Carpet Shark

The Bluegray Carpet Shark species is a stocky fish with the eyes placed towards its wide yet flattish head. Bluegray Carpet Shark has a blunt snout, with a pair of fleshy projections commonly known as barbells that hangs down on either side of its mouth. The pectoral fins are large; dorsal fins are placed far back on the Bluegray Carpet Sharks body, the first one being larger than the secondly placed.

The young Bluegray Carpet Sharks have a distinct markings placed on a white background, which later on fades to brownish in adults. And they reach an average length of up to 19 3/4 inches (50 cm) with a maximum length of 33 1/2 inches (85 cm).

Habitat and Range of Bluegray Carpet Shark

Bluegray Carpet Sharks are one of the few sharks which occur around urban areas like southeastern Queensland. During the day the Bluegray Carpet Shark hide in reefs, under rocky ledges or in caves; they also like hanging around shipwrecks.

The Bluegray Carpet Shark is considered harmless to the humans no serious attack has been reported regarding them.
There are over 400 types of sharks, Sharks have the most powerful jaws on on earth. Bluegray Carpet Sharks jaws, both the upper and lower jaws move. Bluegray Carpet Sharks skin is made of denticles instead of scales like other fish. The denticles are constructed like hard, sharp teeth (tooth-like projection) and this helps to protect the Bluegray Carpet Shark from being injury. The Bluegray Carpet Shark is carnivores meaning: an animal that feeds on flesh (Meat).