Hemiscylliidae
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 Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare
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Hemiscylliidae is a family of carpet and bamboo sharks in the order Orectolobiformes.
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[edit] Genera and species
- Genus Chiloscyllium
- Arabian carpetshark, Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
- Burmese bambooshark, Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
- Bluespotted bambooshark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914
- Grey bambooshark, Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Hasselt's bambooshark, Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
- Slender bambooshark, Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Whitespotted bambooshark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830)
- Brownbanded bambooshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Genus Hemiscyllium
- Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Papuan epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
- Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788) )
- Hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
- Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843 ]
[edit] Taxonomic note
Two new species of epaulette shark, probably of genus Hemiscyllium, were discovered in September 2006 on an expedition led by Conservation International to Bird's Head Seascape in Papua.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- "Hemiscylliidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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