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Pretty happy

Haploblepharus pictus (Müller & Henle, 1838)

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The pretty happy (Haploblepharus pictus) is a species in the family Scyliorhinidae, order Carcharhiniformes.

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Quick facts about the pretty happy

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pretty happy live?

Not recorded

Is the pretty happy endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pretty happy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. familyScyliorhinidae
  6. genusHaploblepharus
  7. SpeciesHaploblepharus pictus (Müller & Henle, 1838)

Synonyms Haploblepharus edwardsii, Scyllium pictum

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Dark shysharkEnglish
  • Donker SkaamoogAfrikaans
  • máčka namibijskáCzech
  • Dunkler KatzenhaiGerman
  • tummakainohaiFinnish
  • Gattuccio timido scuroItalian
  • Tubarão-gato-tímidoPortuguese
  • Намибийская кошачья акулаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pretty happy

Other species in the same genus Haploblepharus.

Happy Eddie

Haploblepharus edwardsii

ScyliorhinidaeNo free photo yet

Natal shyshark

Haploblepharus kistnasamyi

ScyliorhinidaeNo free photo yet

Dogfish

Haploblepharus fuscus

ScyliorhinidaeNo free photo yet

ComparePretty happy vs Happy EddiePretty happy vs Natal shysharkPretty happy vs Dogfish

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the pretty happy?

The pretty happy (Haploblepharus pictus) belongs to the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pretty happy (Haploblepharus pictus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pretty-happy

MLA

“Pretty happy (Haploblepharus pictus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pretty-happy.

BibTeX
@misc{pretty_happy_2026,
  title = {Pretty happy (Haploblepharus pictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pretty-happy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}