Was walking my gear back along the shallows of Rye Beach on Sunday and came across this fella snaking his way across the sand: My camera is tied to my PFD and have to put my face near the water to take this vid.... and was about a foot from him as he was cruising around and followed him a little, but didn't want to anoy him, so the video is a bit frustrating to watch..... Anyone know what he is?

Hey Walt, yep, I didn't want to annoy it, just took a quick video, he didn't notice me too much.... but nice to see some sea life. Yep - think you are right - Banjo Shark. Googled em, looks the same. Apparently a bit of ray and a bit of shark..... completely harmless.

Very common .. no threat doses not have a poisonous dorsal fin that you can step on mate... "food slut of the ocean" harmless"m It is a foodslut of shark Wobbegong Shark Wobbegong Shark belongs to the family of Orectolobidae family and the category of those few sharks which live at the bottom of the ocean. They are commonly known as the "Carpet shark". It has a mouth, which is situated below its body and has two dorsal fins and a caudal fin. Also it has small pointed teeth. They are found in Western Pacific Ocean and Eastern Indian Ocean around Indonesia and Australia. These species have an average length of 1.25 meters, but the spotted wobbegong can grow up to 3.2 meters. They feed on small fish and they have small sharp teeth to catch their prey. Their skin is often used to make leather. Genus Eucrossorhinus, Genus Orectolobus and Genus Sutorectus include eleven species. These Wobbegong shark is large in size so they are not commonly kept in the aquarium but there are some aquarists who keep these sharks successfully. The smaller size of these species such as tasseled wobbegong and Ward�s wobbegong can be ke

food slut fish when you have cray pots out. no harm not poisonous. shoe it away and it will still follow. Its not worth spear gunning its Harmless fish poses no threat. Probably a few steaks in the tail if cut with a sharp knife or band saw after skinning... prognosis. .. harmless.... If you catch one let it go. poses no threat to water users. catch and let go. Its a shame but..... Interaction with humans Although wobbegongs do not eat humans, humans frequently eat wobbegongs; the flesh of a wobbegong or other shark is called flake and it is often used in fish and chips in Australia. Wobbegong skin is also used to make leather.

^^+1 Have handled Banjo sharks before and they are completely harmless but if you step on Busters wobbegong you will know about it. They can twist around to bite their own tails and while their bites are not going to be life threatening, you'll have a bit of a wrestle just getting them to let go of your foot

our Port Jackson over here is protected but it is more bulkie body without the "wings" it has a poisonous dorsal fin Same sort of subspecies. The markings are different I googlies banjo shark/ etc but the pictures are more predominantly stingray. Have to be a shark for sure. Post it in the shooting the breeze boaties will know this one.