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White-spotted
bamboo sharks
grow to about
37 in (95 cm long)
Anal fin
Brown-banded bamboo
sharks grow to just
over 3 ft (1 m)
long
Nurse sharks grow
to 10 ft (3 m)
long
oNe big Happy family
Although they are much smaller, these four
sharks (white-spotted and brown-banded
bamboos, nurse, and epaulette) all belong
to the same group as the whale shark. The
main features they have in common are the Barbel
presence of an anal fin and the position of
their mouths well in front of their eyes. Epaulette sharks grow to just over 3 ft (1 m) long
They also have two barbels on the tips of
their snouts that help them find food.
Unlike the whale shark, these much
smaller sharks all live on the seabed.
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