Indonesian speckled carpetshark
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 Range of the Indonesian speckled carpetshark (in blue)
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The Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Irian Jaya in Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 0° S and 10° S, to depths of 50 m. Its length is up to 46 cm.
The Indonesian speckled carpetshark is a little-known bottom shark, probably common on coral reefs. It has a caudal fin with a pronounced subterminal notch but without a ventral lobe. The head, body, and fins are covered in small dark spots, smaller on the snout. There is a large black spot behind the gills, not in the form of a conspicuous ocellus. The tail is very long and thick. It is nocturnal, hiding in reef crevices during the day.
Reproduction is oviparous.
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- "Hemiscyllium freycineti". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
