Leopard epaulette shark
| Leopard epaulette shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Hemiscylliidae |
| Genus: | Hemiscyllium |
| Species: | H. michaeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemiscyllium michaeli G. R. Allen & Dudgeon, 2010
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| Known range of the leopard epaulette shark (in blue) | |
Hemiscyllium michaeli, the leopard epaulette shark, is a species of bamboo shark in the genus Hemiscyllium.[2] It is a tropical shark known from the shallow ocean in the Milne Bay region of eastern Papua New Guinea.[3] 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.[3] It can reach a maximum length of 69.5 centimetres (27.4 in).[2]
References
- ^ VanderWright, W.J., Allen, G.R., Derrick, D., Dudgeon, C., Erdmann, V & Sianipar, A. 2020. Halaelurus maculosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T195438A124542541. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/195438/124542541. Downloaded on 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b Hemiscyllium michaeli at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b 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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