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The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, 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 northern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 (including Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
), 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 8° S
8th parallel south

The 8th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 8 degree south of the Earth equator.Two sections of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola are defined by the parallel....
 and 22° S
22nd parallel south

The 22nd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 22 degree south of the Earth equator.A section of the border between Namibia and Botswana, and two sections of the border between Bolivia and Argentina are 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....
 114° E
114th meridian east

The meridian 114? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
 and 152° E
152nd meridian east

The meridian 152? 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 79 cm.

The speckled carpetshark is a little-known inshore bottom shark, found on coral reefs and in tide pools. It has a very long caudal fin with a subterminal notch but without a lower lobe.






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The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, 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 northern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 (including Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
), 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 8° S
8th parallel south

The 8th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 8 degree south of the Earth equator.Two sections of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola are defined by the parallel....
 and 22° S
22nd parallel south

The 22nd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 22 degree south of the Earth equator.A section of the border between Namibia and Botswana, and two sections of the border between Bolivia and Argentina are 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....
 114° E
114th meridian east

The meridian 114? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
 and 152° E
152nd meridian east

The meridian 152? 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 79 cm.

The speckled carpetshark is a little-known inshore bottom shark, found on coral reefs and in tide pools. It has a very long caudal fin with a subterminal notch but without a lower lobe. The body is covered with numerous, densely clustered dark, small and large spots that form a reticular network of light ground colour between them - darker crossbands are strong on the ventral surface of the tail. There is a large black epaulette spot with conspicuous white surrounding ring. The margins of the paired fins are black with white spots. It probably mainly feeds on benthic invertebrate
Invertebrate

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal species ? all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum vertebrate ....
s.

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....