Hemiscyllium michaeli
Hemiscyllium michaeli, the leopard epaulette shark, is a species of bamboo shark in the genus Hemiscyllium.[1] It is a tropical shark known from the shallow ocean in the Milne Bay region of eastern Papua New Guinea.[2] The epaulette sharks of this region have long been confused with H. freycineti, and it was only in 2010 that H. michaeli was described as a separate species by Gerald R. Allen and Christine L. Dudgeon.[2] It can reach a maximum length of 69.5 centimetres (27.4 in).[1]
| Hemiscyllium michaeli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Hemiscylliidae |
| Genus: | Hemiscyllium |
| Species: | H. michaeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiscyllium michaeli G. R. Allen & Dudgeon, 2010 | |
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| Known range of the Leopard epaulette shark (in blue) | |
References
- Hemiscyllium michaeli at www.fishbase.org.
- Gerald R. Allen and Christine L. Dudgeon (2010): Hemiscyllium michaeli, a new species of Bamboo Shark (Hemiscyllidae) from Papua New Guinea, pp. 19-30. Aqua International Journal of Ichthyology 16 (1)
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