Bamboo Shark Fish Images

Bamboo shark fish images -The Hemiscylliidae are a family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes, commonly known as longtail carpet sharks and sometimes as bamboo sharks. They are found in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific.
They are relatively small sharks, with the largest species reaching no more than 121 cm (48 in) in adult body length. They have elongated, cylindrical bodies, with short barbels and large spiracles. As their common name suggests, they have unusually long tails, which exceed the length of the rest of their bodies. They are sluggish fish, feeding on bottom-dwelling invertebrates and smaller fish. (Wikipedia)
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Chiloscyllium

This genus is distinguished by a relatively long snout with subterminal nostrils. The eyes and supraorbital ridges are hardly elevated. The mouth is closer to the eyes than to the tip of the snout, with lower labial folds usually connected across the chin by a flap of skin. The pectoral and pelvic fins are thin and not very muscular. No black hood on the head or large black spot on the side is present (though juveniles often are strongly marked with dark spots/bars).

• Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980 (Arabian carpetshark)
• Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 (Burmese bamboo shark)
• Chiloscyllium griseum J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (grey bamboo shark)
• Chiloscyllium hasselti Bleeker, 1852 (Hasselt's bamboo shark)
• Chiloscyllium indicum (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (slender bamboo shark)
• Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous, referred to Bennett, 1830) (white-spotted bamboo shark)
• Chiloscyllium punctatum J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (brown-banded bamboo shark)

Hemiscyllium

This genus is confined to tropical waters off Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, but an individual from this genus, possibly representing an undescribed species, has been photographed at the Seychelles. They have short snouts with the nostrils placed almost at the tip, and well-elevated eyes and supraorbital ridges. The mouth is closer to the tip of the snout than the eyes, and lacks the connecting dermal fold across the chin. The pectoral and pelvic fins are thick and heavily muscular. Either a black hood on the head or a large black spot on the sides of the body is present.
Nine recognized species are in this genus:

• Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Indonesian speckled carpetshark)
• Hemiscyllium galei G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Cenderwasih epaulette shark)
• Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967 (Papuan epaulette shark)
• Hemiscyllium halmahera G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Dudgeon, 2013 (Halmahera epaulette shark)
• Hemiscyllium henryi G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Henry's epaulette shark)
• Hemiscyllium michaeli G. R. Allen & Dudgeon, 2010 (Milne Bay epaulette shark)
• Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (epaulette shark)
• Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967 (hooded carpetshark)
• Hemiscyllium trispeculare J. Richardson, 1843 (speckled carpetshark)
• Hemiscyllium sp. Not yet described (Seychelles carpetshark)

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