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The hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani, is a bamboo shark in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscylliidae

The Hemiscylliidae, also called longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks, are a family of sharks found only in shallow waters of the tropical western Pacific....
 found around Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands ....
, between latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
s 5° S
5th parallel south

The 5th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 5 degree south of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 5? south passes through:...
 and 10° S
10th parallel south

The 10th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 10 degree south of the Earth equator.Part of the border between Brazil and Peru is defined by the parallel....
, and longitude
Longitude

Longitude , symbolized by the Greek character lambda , is the geographic coordinate most commonly used in cartography and global navigation for east-west measurement....
 144° E
144th meridian east

The meridian 144? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Indian Ocean ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
 and 153° E
153rd meridian east

The meridian 153? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
. Its length is up to 75 cm.

The hooded carpetshark is a little-known inshore bottom shark, probably found on coral reefs. It has a very long caudal peduncle and caudal fin with a pronounced subterminal notch but without a lower lobe.






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The hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani, is a bamboo shark in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscylliidae

The Hemiscylliidae, also called longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks, are a family of sharks found only in shallow waters of the tropical western Pacific....
 found around Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands ....
, between latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
s 5° S
5th parallel south

The 5th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 5 degree south of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 5? south passes through:...
 and 10° S
10th parallel south

The 10th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 10 degree south of the Earth equator.Part of the border between Brazil and Peru is defined by the parallel....
, and longitude
Longitude

Longitude , symbolized by the Greek character lambda , is the geographic coordinate most commonly used in cartography and global navigation for east-west measurement....
 144° E
144th meridian east

The meridian 144? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Indian Ocean ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
 and 153° E
153rd meridian east

The meridian 153? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
. Its length is up to 75 cm.

The hooded carpetshark is a little-known inshore bottom shark, probably found on coral reefs. It has a very long caudal peduncle and caudal fin with a pronounced subterminal notch but without a lower lobe. The head and snout have an abrupt black hood, and the body and fins have conspicuous large white spots, blotches and bands. There is an epaulette spot partially merged with a shoulder saddle, not completely surrounded by a white ring.

The hooded carpetshark is nocturnal, hiding in coral reef
Coral reef

Coral reefs are aragonite structures produced by living organisms. In most reefs the predominant organisms are colonial cnidarian that secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate....
 crevices by day.

Reproduction is oviparous.

See also

  • List of sharks
    List of sharks

    Shark classificationSharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. It is a fish. The Elasmobranchii also include batoidea and skate s; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras....
  • Carpet shark
    Carpet shark

    The order Orectolobiformes, also collectively known as the carpet sharks because many members have carpet-like patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of sharks, such as the nurse sharks and whale shark, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark....