Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Orectolobiformes > Hemiscylliidae

Hemiscylliidae (bamboo sharks and longtailed carpetsharks)

Synonyms: Hemiscyllidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Adnetoscyllium (1)
Chiloscyllium (18)   (1)
Hemiscyllium (9)
Pseudospinax (3)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0