FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1258 Sharks
Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
En - Indonesian speckled carpetshark; Fr - Requin-chabot grivelé; Sp - Bamboa jaspeada.
Maximum total length at least 46 cm. A little-known bottom shark, probably common on coral reefs.
Of minor interest to fisheries at present. Western South Pacific from Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Waigeo)
and Papua New Guinea.
Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
En - Papuan epaulette shark; Fr - Requin-chabot épaulette; Sp - Bamboa hombrera.
Maximum total length at least 75 cm. A little-known inshore bottom shark, probably on coral reefs.
Of minor interest to fisheries at present. Western South Pacific from Papua New Guinea and
Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
(after Dingerkus and DeFino, 1983)
Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
En - Epaulette shark; Fr - Requin-chabot ocellé; Sp - Bamboa ocelada.
Maximum total length about 1 m. An abundant, small, harmless tropical shark found on coral reefs
in shallow water, often in tidepools. Oviparous, feeding on benthic invertebrates. Survives well in
aquaria, but otherwise not used commercially. Known from New Guinea and Australia (Northern
Territory, western Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales); possibly also Malaysia, Indonesia
(Sumatra), and Solomon Islands.
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