Hemiscylliidae

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Hemiscylliidae
Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Orectolobiformes Family: Hemiscylliidae Berg, L.S. 1958
Genera
See text for genera and species.

Hemiscylliidae is a family of carpet and bamboo sharks in the order Orectolobiformes.

Contents 1 Genera and species 1.1 Taxonomic note 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Genera and species

• Genus Chiloscyllium
  • Arabian carpetshark, Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
  • Burmese bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
  • Bluespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914
  • Grey bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
  • Hasselt's bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
  • Slender bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830)
  • Brownbanded bamboo shark, 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 Peninsula in the Province of West Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] External links

• "Hemiscylliidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

[edit] References