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Hemiscyllium halmahera Allen, Erdmann & Dudgeon, 2013 Halmahera Epaulette Shark |
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photo by
Erdmann, M.V. |
| Family: | Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) | |||
| Max. size: | 68.1 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 5 - 10 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Pacific: Indonesia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished by its colour pattern, generally brown with numerous clusters of mainly 2-3 dark polygonal spots; widely scattered white spots in the matrix between dark clusters; less than 10 large dark spots on the interorbital/snout region; a pair of large dark marks on the ventral surface of the head; a fragmented post-cephalic mark consisting of a large U-shaped dark spot with a more or less continuous white margin on the lower half, followed by a vertical row of 3, smaller clusters of 2-3 polygonal dark marks (Ref. 94061). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 04 May 2020 (B2ab(ii,iii,v)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||