Several shark species, like this blind shark, have sensory barbels that hang down from their snout. These are used to detect prey items by "taste" and feel. Fly Point, Port Stephens
Description: Brachaelurus waddi. Date: 1901. Source: Records of the Australian Museum Australian Museum; Ramsay, E. P. (Edward Pierson), d. 1917, ed URL. Author: Edgar R. Waite.