Bottom-dwelling shark, endemic to South Africa. Two slightly different colour forms, one from the western edge of it's distribution around Cape Agulhas, and the other from the eastern side of it's distribution in Natal. Further taxonomic study may find these two to be sub-species, or perhaps separate species. The western form is sandy brown, with dark-edged yellow-brown bands, faint, large, round spots on centre of back between bands and often a scattering of light or dark spots over body. The eastern form is cream with darker bands and irregular white spots. Both are white on underside.

• Max Size: 59 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 7.7-24.1°C
• Depth: 0-130m
• Habitat: Rocky Reef

• Threats: By-catch, Exploitation
• IUCN Threat Status: Near Threatened
• Occurrence: Widespread (100% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Many (10 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.