Name of this fish?

[redcore]

hi there people,
I really need to know the name of this fish (see attached picture please)..can anyone help me?
thanks,
regards,
rob
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[BADFISH]

to me, it appears to be a small shark, the coloring is a bit off i think from lighting conditions, but my guess would be an angel shark. possibly a lemon, but i dont think lemons have the "blotching" on them... I definitley know it is a shark of some kind though! the exact species may be incorrect but shark, yes!!
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[BADFISH]

After further looking, my guess of angel shark is WAY off... after some looking, i would change my answer to a juvenile nurse shark, but i cant be sure due to the back end of the shark being "Cut off" in the picture.....
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[redcore]

thank you for your answer badfish...i have uploaded 2 more pictures. hope you can figure out the name of that fish (shark) now.

thanks badfish again...

btw..it might be bamboo shark or carpet shark...what do you think?

rob
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[River_Runner]

It looks like a small nurse shark, I don't know about the color . But my geuss would be this...
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[redcore]

hmm..thanks for your answer...the only prob is that a nurse shark doesn't have such a small holes behind its eyes..like that shark on those photos...

thanks,
rob
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[BADFISH]

All sharks have the "hole" behind they eye. it is called a spriacle, its actually a opening that allows them to suck water in and pass it over the gills as it vacates the body. I am certian now this is a young nurse shark. as far as the coloring goes, i can only assume that what this is a stage in the sharks life as it passes into adulthood that has the coloring changing from what could be "camoflauge" for a young shark to hide turning into the adult coloring being more of that brown/gray coloring decided by the genes of the shark itself. I think what you have captured on film here is a young nurse shark mid-transition to adulthood. i did not read enough to know at what "age" this typically happens, but as a shark when young is more vunerable to other predators they have more camo coloring to help them hide in reefs, seaweed, that type of environment, as they grow and become the hunter/predator they do not need as much camoflauge so they "transition" to the mature coloring of the type of shark they are.

but i am certain this is a older young nurse shark, maybe a year or two... the coloring still indicates to me with the dappled color like the light from the surface makes on the ocean floor that this shark is still an "ambush" feeder and not a fully fledged "hunter" yet.

does that make sense at all?
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[redcore]

yep, it does make a sense..thanks!
have a nice day..thanks again guys for your help,
bye,
rob
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[Southbound]

Definitely some sort of shark, but I doubt it's a nurse,(unless it's some sort of mutant) and it's not a lemon. Try sending a picture to Ed little, he's an ichthyologist for NOAA here in the keys. He's been helpful identifying unusual fish for myself and friends in the past.
don't forget to include & depth, location

edward.little@noaa.gov
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