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title: "Speckled Carpetshark"
description: "Hemiscyllium trispeculare — Fish. The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around north and west Australia between latitudes 8° S and 22° S, and longitude 114° E and 152° E."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/speckled-carpetshark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Speckled Carpetshark

> Hemiscyllium trispeculare — Fish. The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around north and west Australia between latitudes 8° S and 22° S, and longitude 114° E and 152° E.

- Scientific name: *Hemiscyllium trispeculare*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast), `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 28
- Wikidata: [Q28838](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28838)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102603](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102603)

## Names

- en: Speckled Carpetshark
- de: Gefleckter Epaulettenhai
- es: Bamboa moteada
- fr: Requin-chabot marquéterie
- nl: Gespikkelde epaulethaai

## Countries with the most observations

AU (24)

## Summary

The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around north and west Australia between latitudes 8° S and 22° S, and longitude 114° E and 152° E.  Its length is up to 79 cm, and it inhabits shallow coral reefs. It is also kept in aquaria. The speckled carpetshark is closely related to the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium Ocellatum) 
Reproduction is oviparous.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: unknown · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiloscyllium_trispeculare.jpg

## Machine access

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