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A common inshore and offshore shark found on the continental shelves, and entering shallow muddy bays. Feeds mostly on crabs, including cancrids and grapsids, ghost shrimp, innkeeper (echiuroid) worms (Urechis), and small fish (herring and midshipmen, Porichthys). Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta), with 2 to 5 young in a litter. Utilized for human consumption.
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Exyrias puntang (Bleeker, 1851)
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Cirrhilabrus johnsoni Randall, 1988
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Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835
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Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
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Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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