Speckled carpetshark

Speckled carpetshark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Hemiscylliidae
Genus:	Hemiscyllium
Species:	H. trispeculare
Binomial name
	Hemiscyllium trispeculare; J. Richardson, 1843
	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] It is also kept in aquaria. The speckled carpetshark is closely related to the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium Ocellatum)

Reproduction is oviparous.

References

^ 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.
^ Allen, Gerry (2000). "Marine Fishes of South-East Asia". Singapore: Periplus Editions. p. 40. ISBN 962-593-267-4.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemiscyllium strahani". FishBase. July 2006 version.
Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2

[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.

[Gerry-2] Allen, Gerry (2000). "Marine Fishes of South-East Asia". Singapore: Periplus Editions. p. 40. ISBN 962-593-267-4.

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Speckled carpetshark

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