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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
Etymology: Hemiscyllium:hemi-, from hemisys (Gr.), half, presumably referring to similarity and/ or close affinity to Scyllium (=Scyliorhinus, now in Scyliorhinidae) and/or Chiloscyllium; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark (See ETYFish); halmahera:Named for Halmahera, Indonesia, type locality (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 5 - 10 m (Ref. 106604). Tropical
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 68.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94061)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Allen, G.R., M.V. Erdmann and C.L. Dudgeon, 2013. Hemiscyllium halmahera, a new species of Bamboo Shark (Hemiscylliidae) from Indonesia. aqua, International Journal 19(3):123-136. (Ref. 94061)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
