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title: "Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark"
description: "Hemiscyllium freycineti — Ryby. The Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti, is a species of bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/indonesian-speckled-carpetshark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark

> Hemiscyllium freycineti — Ryby. The Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti, is a species of bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae.

- Scientific name: *Hemiscyllium freycineti*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 189
- Wikidata: [Q29309](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29309)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102599](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102599)

## Names

- en: Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark
- de: Freycinets Epaulettenhai
- es: Bamboa jaspeada
- fr: Requin-chabot grivelé
- nl: Indonesische gespikkelde epaulethaai

## Countries with the most observations

ID (164)

## Summary

The Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti, is a species of bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae. It is found in the shallow ocean around the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua, Indonesia, but was formerly believed to be more widespread. This was due to confusion with H. michaeli, a species described from eastern Papua New Guinea in 2010. Compared to that species, the spots on H. freycineti are smaller, more rounded or slightly elongated in shape (versus relatively large, edged and more leopard-like in H. michaeli), and tend to darken at regular intervals forming 8-9 vertical bars on the body…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191831302

## Machine access

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