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title: "Hooded Carpetshark"
description: "Hemiscyllium strahani — Fish. The hooded carpetshark (Hemiscyllium strahani) is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 153° E."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hooded-carpetshark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Hooded Carpetshark

> Hemiscyllium strahani — Fish. The hooded carpetshark (Hemiscyllium strahani) is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 153° E.

- Scientific name: *Hemiscyllium strahani*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2
- Wikidata: [Q28852](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28852)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102602](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102602)

## Names

- en: Hooded Carpetshark
- de: Hauben-Epaulettenhai
- es: Bamboa capuchona
- fr: Requin-chabot moine
- nl: Gekapte epaulethaai

## Summary

The hooded carpetshark (Hemiscyllium strahani) is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5° S and 10° S, and longitude 144° E and 153° E.  Its length is up to 75 cm. Like other longtailed carpetsharks, it can use its strong pectoral fins to walk on land for a short period of time. The hooded carpetshark is heavily wanted in the aquarium trade, the result is making this shark endangered.
Reproduction is oviparous.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_carpetshark

## Photo

![Hooded Carpetshark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-carpetshark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemiscyllium_strahani_Whitley,_1967_2831924704.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hooded-carpetshark?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).