Distribution and Habitat
The Port Jackson shark is endemic to the waters around Australia—it can be found in southern Australian waters and west of the south central coast of the continent. It is believed to have originated somewhere off the coast of South Africa. On one occasion it has occurred off the coast of New Zealand, however it is usually limited into two groups found from Northeastern Victoria to Western Australia and from Southern Queensland to New South Wales. It usually lives less than 100 metres (328 ft) underwater, but has been known to go as deep as 275 metres (902 ft).
The shark's territory is habitually sited in stone settings on the bottom where it feeds. Though rocky environments are the most common sandy and muddy ones are also possibly, probably near seagrass. Since the shark is nocturnal, during the day it resides in low resistance areas such as caves.
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