Hooded carpetshark

Hooded carpetshark
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Hemiscylliidae
Genus:	Hemiscyllium
Species:	H. strahani
Binomial name
Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
Range of hooded carpetshark (in blue)

The hooded carpetshark (Hemiscyllium strahani) is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 153° E. Its length is up to 75 cm.

Reproduction is oviparous.

See also[]

• List of sharks
• Carpet shark

References[]

• 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