Hemiscylliidae

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Hemiscylliidae
Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare
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.

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[edit] Genera and species

[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

[edit] External links

  1. ^ a b Allen & Erdmann (2008). "Two new species of bamboo sharks (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae) from Western New Guinea". Aqua (Miradolo Terme) 13 (3-4): 93-108.