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iHemiscylliidae
Image:Chiloscyllium trispeculare.jpg Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Orectolobiformes Family: Hemiscylliidae Berg, L.S. 1958
Genera
See text for genera and species.

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Hemiscylliidae is a family of carpet and bamboo sharks in the order Orectolobiformes.

Contents 1 Genera and species 1.1 Taxonomic note 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Genera and species

• Genus Chiloscyllium
  • Arabian carpetshark, Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
  • Burmese bambooshark, Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
  • Bluespotted bambooshark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914
  • Grey bambooshark, Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
  • Hasselt's bambooshark, Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
  • Slender bambooshark, Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Whitespotted bambooshark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830)
  • Brownbanded bambooshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
• Genus Hemiscyllium
  • Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Papuan epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
  • Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788) )
  • Hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
  • Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843 ]

[edit] Taxonomic note

Two new species of epaulette shark, probably of genus Hemiscyllium, were discovered in September 2006 on an expedition led by Conservation International to Bird's Head Seascape in Papua.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] External links

• "Hemiscylliidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

[edit] References

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