Speckled carpetshark

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Speckled carpetshark
Chiloscyllium trispeculare.jpg
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Genus: Hemiscyllium
Species:
H. trispeculare
Binomial name
Hemiscyllium trispeculare
J. Richardson, 1843
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Range of speckled carpetshark (in blue)

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]

Reproduction is oviparous.

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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. 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; 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
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