WoRMS taxon details
Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862
148831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148831)
accepted
Family
- Genus Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837
- Species Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
- Species Chiloscyllium burmense Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
- Species Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914
- Species Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
- Species Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Variety Chiloscyllium indicum var. phymatodes Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Variety Chiloscyllium indicum var. plagiosa (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
- Variety Chiloscyllium indicum var. plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
- Species Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
- Variety Chiloscyllium plagiosum var. interruptum Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) (synonym)
- Species Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 accepted as Chiloscyllium burmense Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
- Species Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 accepted as Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 (misspelling)
- Species Chiloscyllium colax (Meuschen, 1781) accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 accepted as Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
- Species Chiloscyllium dolganovi Kharin, 1987 accepted as Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
- Species Chiloscyllium furvum MacLeay, 1881 accepted as Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Chiloscyllium fuscum Parker & Haswell, 1897 accepted as Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Chiloscyllium grisium Müller & Henle, 1838 accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838 (misspelling)
- Species Chiloscyllium hasselti Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852 (misspelling)
- Species Chiloscyllium indicum (not Gmelin, 1879) accepted as Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Variety Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscura Günther, 1870 accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) (synonym)
- Variety Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscurum Ogilby, 1888 accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838 (synonym)
- Species Chiloscyllium malaianum (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling)
- Species Chiloscyllium margaritiferum Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Chiloscyllium modestum Günther, 1872 accepted as Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Chiloscyllium obscurum Gray, 1851 accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Chiloscyllium phymatodes Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Chiloscyllium trispeculare (Richardson, 1843) accepted as Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chiloscyllium tuberculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Genus Hemiscyllium Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Species Hemiscyllium galei Allen & Erdmann, 2008
- Species Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
- Species Hemiscyllium halmahera Allen, Erdmann & Dudgeon, 2013
- Species Hemiscyllium henryi Allen & Erdmann, 2008
- Species Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen & Dudgeon, 2010
- Species Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- Species Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
- Species Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843
- Species Hemiscyllium colax Fowler, 1941 accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Hemiscyllium griseum (Müller & Henle, 1838) accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Hemiscyllium griseurm (Müller & Henle, 1838) accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838 (misspelling)
- Species Hemiscyllium griseus (Müller & Henle, 1838) accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Hemiscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
- Species Hemiscyllium punctatum (Müller & Henle, 1838) accepted as Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Species Hemiscyllium punctaturn (Müller & Henle, 1838) accepted as Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 (misspelling)
- Species Hemiscyllium variolatum Duméril, 1853 accepted as Parascyllium variolatum (Duméril, 1853) (basionym)
- Genus Chilosycylum accepted as Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837 (misspelling)
- Species Chilosycylum indicum (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Tropical western Pacific from Madagascar in the west to Japan, the Philippines and the Australian region in the East. Two...
Description Tropical western Pacific from Madagascar in the west to Japan, the Philippines and the Australian region in the East. Two dorsal fins without spines. Anal fin present. Five gillslits. Mouth ventral. Fourth and fith gill opening behind origin of pectoral fin. Small, slender sharks (max 1 m) with nasal grooves, shorth barbels, large spiracles below eyes. Precaudal tail longer than head and body length. Inshore bottom sharks of continental waters. Food probably includes small bottom fishes and invertebrates. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148831 on 2024-11-21
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Unreviewed
Description Tropical western Pacific from Madagascar in the west to Japan, the Philippines and the Australian region in the East. Two dorsal fins without spines. Anal fin present. Five gillslits. Mouth ventral. Fourth and fith gill opening behind origin of pectoral fin. Small, slender sharks (max 1 m) with nasal grooves, shorth barbels, large spiracles below eyes. Precaudal tail longer than head and body length. Inshore bottom sharks of continental waters. Food probably includes small bottom fishes and invertebrates. [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | walking sharkslongtailed carpet sharksbamboo sharks | [details] |
French | requins-chabot | [details] |
Japanese | テンジクザメ科 | [details] |
Spanish | bamboas | [details] |