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The Zebra Shark is a unique fish with beautiful stripes that look like a zebra! They love to swim around coral reefs and can often be seen resting on the sea floor.
Lebensraum: Zebra Sharks live in warm, shallow waters around coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The Zebra Shark has a cylindrical body that is yellowish-brown with dark spots as an adult. Juveniles, however, have striking dark stripes on a lighter body. It is easily recognized by its very long, ribbon-like tail fin, almost as long as its body.





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Common
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
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A female Zebra Shark can reproduce all by herself, without a male, in a rare process called parthenogenesis!
Baby Zebra Sharks are born striped, but as they grow, their stripes magically turn into spots!
Its long tail can be nearly half its entire body length, helping it to swim and maneuver.
This shark can 'walk' on its pectoral fins across the ocean floor, almost like a seal.
Zebra Shark has a spotted pattern that helps them blend perfectly with sandy seabeds and coral reefs, hiding from predators and prey.
Zebra Shark can pump water over its gills even when lying still, allowing them to rest comfortably on the ocean floor.
Zebra Shark has a flexible, slender body that helps them squeeze into tight spaces and navigate intricate coral reef structures.
This bottom-dwelling shark loves to munch on small, crunchy shellfish and tiny fish hidden in the sand.
Octopus cyanea
Preys on octopuses found in reef crevices.
Penaeus monodon
Searches sandy bottoms for various shrimp species.
Siganus guttatus
Feeds on small fish found hiding near reef structures.
Galeocerdo cuvier
Larger sharks occasionally prey on juvenile or smaller adults.
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Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus tierischem Gewebe besteht.
Aquatische Lebensräume umfassen Umgebungen, in denen Organismen überwiegend im Wasser leben, darunter Ozeane, Flüsse, Seen und Feuchtgebiete.
Marine Lebensräume umfassen alle Salzwasserumgebungen der Ozeane der Erde und beherbergen eine immense Vielfalt an Wasserlebewesen.
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.
200-300 cm
20-40 kg
15-25 Jahre
This bottom-dwelling shark loves to munch on small, crunchy shellfish and tiny fish hidden in the sand.
8 km/h
Zebra Sharks live in warm, shallow waters around coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Foraging
60 m
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