Biology:Speckled carpetshark

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Short description: Species of shark

Speckled carpetshark
Chiloscyllium trispeculare.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Genus: Hemiscyllium
Species:
H. trispeculare
Binomial name
Hemiscyllium trispeculare
J. Richardson, 1843
Hemiscyllium trispeculare distmap.png
Range of speckled carpetshark (in blue)
Speckled carpetshark at Aqua World.

The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around north and west Australia between latitudes 8° S and 22° S, and longitude 114° E and 152° E. Its length is up to 79 cm, and it inhabits shallow coral reefs.[2] It is also kept in aquaria. The speckled carpetshark is closely related to the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium Ocellatum)

Reproduction is oviparous.

See also

References

  1. Heupel, M.R. (2015). "Hemiscyllium trispeculare". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41820A68625409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41820A68625409.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41820/68625409. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Allen, Gerry (2000). "Marine Fishes of South-East Asia". Singapore: Periplus Editions. p. 40. ISBN 962-593-267-4. 
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Hemiscyllium strahani" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN:0-691-12072-2

Wikidata ☰ Q28838 entry