Hooded carpetshark

Taxobox
name = Hooded carpetshark


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Orectolobiformes
familia = Hemiscylliidae
genus = "Hemiscyllium"
species = "H. strahani"
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range_map_caption = Range of hooded carpetshark (in blue)
binomial = "Hemiscyllium strahani"
binomial_authority = Whitley, 1967The hooded carpetshark, "Hemiscyllium strahani", is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 153° E. Its length is up to 75 cm.

The hooded carpetshark is a little-known inshore bottom shark, probably found on coral reefs. It has a very long caudal peduncle and caudal fin with a pronounced subterminal notch but without a lower lobe. The head and snout have an abrupt black hood, and the body and fins have conspicuous large white spots, blotches and bands. There is an epaulette spot partially merged with a shoulder saddle, not completely surrounded by a white ring.

The hooded carpetshark is nocturnal, hiding in coral reef crevices by day.

Reproduction is oviparous.

ee also

* List of sharks
* Carpet shark

References

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* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks of the World", Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2