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Carpet and Epaulette Sharks

Hemiscyllium trispeculare

Richardson, 1843

Speckled Carpetshark

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Northern Australia, and possibly Indonesia.

Size: 30 inches (75 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow inshore coral reefs, tidepools, and tidal flats and usually found at depths between 3 to 150 feet (1 - 45 m) where it feeds on small fishes, shrimp, worms, crabs urchins, and other crustaceans.

Natural Environment: Not normally collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Class: Chondrichthyes

    Subclass: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Orectolobiformes

    Family: Hemiscylliidae

    Genus: Heterodontus

FYI: Shown here for identification only, yet should it become available in the trade, aquarium husbandry is similar to others in this genus.

 Hemiscyllium trispeculare (Speckled Carpetshark)
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