Paula Lightfoot Had two great dives in the 'Coquet to St Marys' proposed Marine Conservation Zone today! My favourite was seeing a catshark - never seen one on an east coast dive before :-) More pics to follow, hopefully from the other divers too, hint hint!
Lee McKitten Hi Paula, I had a feeling today when you mentioned the cat shark that you were referring to what I wrongly thought was a dogfish. I actually saw one of these in browns bay last year. I think I logged it in my dive log. I'll have a look at the date etc and let you know.
Paula Lightfoot They are commonly called dogfish too - great if you've got another record!
João Pedro Silva First time I tried this spot in Cascais, Portugal, to look for Scyliorhinus canicula. Did find a couple (a few meters next to us there were dozens...) but very shy and swam away before I could photograph them. Lots of these sponges, though. Any ideas?
Bernard Picton It is certainly close to Hemimycale columella, but those pore-sieves are very angular in shape. I'd need to see the spicules.
Henrique Nascimento CatarinaScyliorhinus canicula
A Shark, in Portugal we call "Pata-Roxa".
This shoot was taken at 30m depth, at Farilhões (Berlengas) - Portugal...
Hugyfot - Nikon D90 - Sigma 105mm + INON165
SeaSea: D1 & 110a
f9 - 1/160 - iso 200
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Steven Barnard People may be interested to know that there were Scyliorhinus canicula on mass at Trefor yesterday ! 37 in one 2m sq area at one point. Pics to follow when I get chance !! Was like shark spaghetti !