Speckled Carpetshark
Hemiscyllium trispeculare
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
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. It is also kept in aquaria.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Hemiscylliidae
- Genus
- Hemiscyllium