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Bamboo Sharks
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Bamboo Sharks

Hemiscylliidae

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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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 18 known species

Bamboo Sharks

genusChiloscyllium

Epaulette Sharks

genusHemiscyllium

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85819.