For the very first time, scientists have captured live footage of the painted swellshark (Cephaloscyllium pictum) — a super-elusive, blotchy catshark that until now had only been known from unlucky ...

This rare catshark, known for its distinctive blotchy appearance, had only been previously identified from specimens found in ...

Cephaloscyllium pictum, or the painted swellshark, was first discovered in 2008 based on five specimens collected at fish markets in Lombok and Bali, Indonesia. The shark species grows to about ...

Most of what’s known about the deep-sea painted swellshark, was learned when researchers found specimens in the fish markets of Bali and Lombok, Indonesia back in the early 2000s. However ...

The shark in question is not a Jaws style massive beast, but a type of catshark called a deep-sea painted swellshark. Very little is known of the creature, with researchers only becoming aware of the ...

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