German physicians and biologists Johannes Peter Müller and Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle originally described the dark shyshark in their 1838–41 Systematische … Meer weergeven

The range of the dark shyshark is restricted to the coastal waters of southern Africa, from north of Lüderitz in southern Namibia to east of the Storms River mouth in the Meer weergeven

The dark shyshark poses no danger to humans and is too small to be of commercial importance. Many are hooked by Meer weergeven

Reaching no more than 60 cm (24 in) long, the dark shyshark differs from other shysharks in that it is slender-bodied when juvenile and stocky-bodied when adult. Its head is … Meer weergeven

The dark shyshark is a generalist predator whose main food sources are, in descending order of importance, small benthic crustaceans, bony fishes, and molluscs. Larger sharks consume proportionately more crustaceans. Polychaete … Meer weergeven