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Papuan epaulette shark
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:
Selachimorpha
Order:
Orectolobiformes
Family:
Hemiscylliidae
Genus:
Hemiscyllium
Species:
H. hallstromi
Binomial name
Hemiscyllium hallstromi
Whitley, 1967
Range of Papuan epaulette shark (in blue)
The Papuan epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium hallstromi, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around southern Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 7° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 146° E. Its length is up to 75 cm.
Reproduction is oviparous.
^Dudgeon, C.L.; Heupel, M.R.; Kyne, P.M.; Allen, G. (2016). "Hemiscyllium hallstromi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41875A70709453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41875A70709453.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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