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| Species: | H. freycineti
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| Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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Template:Sharksportal The Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Irian Jaya in Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 0° S and 10° S, to depths of 50 m. Its length is up to 46 cm.
The Indonesian speckled carpetshark is a little-known bottom shark, probably common on coral reefs. It has a caudal fin with a pronounced subterminal notch but without a ventral lobe. The head, body, and fins are covered in small dark spots, smaller on the snout. There is a large black spot behind the gills, not in the form of a conspicuous ocellus. The tail is very long and thick. It is nocturnal, hiding in reef crevices during the day.
Reproduction is oviparous.
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References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemiscyllium freycineti". FishBase. July 2006 version.