Shark egg help

[Hoops2498]

I was in my lfs yesterday and walked through the invert aisle only to see 5-6 shark eggs. All of them looked looked like the traditional cat shark egg except for one. Im not sure what type it was, but if its a different type then coral cat or banded cat i want to buy it. Can someone please shed some light on this. Thanks.

 

[alprazo]

what would you say the size of the egg is?

 

[griseum]

Looks to be a bamboo shark of some sort, not a cat shark. Looks similar to some of the smaller species of Bamboo.

 

[Hoops2498]

Shark egg help

The size of the egg is similar to a cat shark egg. So it wouldn't be an epaulette shark?

 

[Dmorty217]

Not a Eppie Egg

 

[Hoops2498]

what do the epaulette eggs look like

 

[Dmorty217]

what do the epaulette eggs look like

 

[Hoops2498]

thanks

 

[TNTtropical]

Sent you a PM

 

[griseum]

Does it look like these? Smaller than the Brown-Banded Bamboo shark eggs?
These are grey bamboo eggs.

 

[Hoops2498]

it does look like that egg. thanks

 

[Hoops2498]

Could it possibly be a zebra shark egg

 

[alprazo]

That is why I asked about size. They are 6 to 7 inches long and about 3.5 - 4 inches wide.

Bamboo, eppie - something in that arena. Definitely not a cat. BTW - Dmorty - the pic you posted looks identical to the eggs my STNs drop.

 

[Dmorty217]

That is why I asked about size. They are 6 to 7 inches long and about 3.5 - 4 inches wide.

Bamboo, eppie - something in that arena. Definitely not a cat. BTW - Dmorty - the pic you posted looks identical to the eggs my STNs drop.

Got that picture off google from a aquarium in Australia that said it was laid by their Eppies... You know way more about elasmobranchs than I do. Not that google is the best source of facts.

 

[Hoops2498]

Its on the smaller size, being at tops 4-5 inches

 

[Hoops2498]

What type of shark is STNs

 

[Dmorty217]

What type of shark is STNs

Short Tail Nurse

 

[Hoops2498]

So we can conclude that this egg is on the rare side

 

[alprazo]

No. I would guess it is from a bamboo. Likely a brown banded or gray

 

[Hoops2498]

Not a zebra??