I have a coral cat shark that has laid an egg. Not her first time but this one has a yolk inside of it, which is a first. All others were empty.
I was going to chuck it but a good friend insisted they wanted to see it. So ended up putting it in my running but empty tank just incase any rot happened wont be in my main tank. Ive assumed this whole time it wasn't a fertilized egg. How could it be fertilized? The reason I'm asking/bringing this up when looking at the egg tonight, there's an eye forming. Wouldnt that mean that the egg is fertilized? She's the only coral cat shark, unless they are they capable of being hermaphroditic? Because the only other option is my recent addition of a horned shark. I do not know the sex or age of it. I tried to take a clear zoomed in picture but this is the best I can do. Will need a second set of hands to keep egg submerged/still while zooming in. I quadruple check to make sure its a forming eye, its not an air bubble or sand
The horned shark and her were all over each other when I first got it. Always laying by one another. But it would be impossible for them to breed right? I dont think the horned shark is even breeding age with it only being 9 maybe 10 inches.
So would that mean the coral cat shark is a hermaphrodite? The egg was laid April 25.
I tried Google and found there have been findings of hermapgroditic sharks, but nothing specific about coral cat sharks.
I was going to chuck it but a good friend insisted they wanted to see it. So ended up putting it in my running but empty tank just incase any rot happened wont be in my main tank. Ive assumed this whole time it wasn't a fertilized egg. How could it be fertilized? The reason I'm asking/bringing this up when looking at the egg tonight, there's an eye forming. Wouldnt that mean that the egg is fertilized? She's the only coral cat shark, unless they are they capable of being hermaphroditic? Because the only other option is my recent addition of a horned shark. I do not know the sex or age of it. I tried to take a clear zoomed in picture but this is the best I can do. Will need a second set of hands to keep egg submerged/still while zooming in. I quadruple check to make sure its a forming eye, its not an air bubble or sand
The horned shark and her were all over each other when I first got it. Always laying by one another. But it would be impossible for them to breed right? I dont think the horned shark is even breeding age with it only being 9 maybe 10 inches.
So would that mean the coral cat shark is a hermaphrodite? The egg was laid April 25.
I tried Google and found there have been findings of hermapgroditic sharks, but nothing specific about coral cat sharks.
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