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)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Hemiscylliidae |
| Genus: | Hemiscyllium |
| Species: | H. trispeculare
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| Hemiscyllium trispeculare J. Richardson, 1843
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| Range of speckled carpetshark (in blue) | |
Reproduction is oviparous.
See also
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References
edit- ^ 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