Hemiscyllium

Hemiscyllium ocellatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Orectolobiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Orectolobiformes

Familia: Hemiscylliidae
Genus: Hemiscyllium
Species (7): H. freycineti – H. galei – H. hallstromi – H. halmahera – H. henryi – H. michaeli – H. ocellatum – H. strahani – H. trispeculare

Name

Hemiscyllium Müller & Henle, 1838

• Type species: Squalus ocellatus Bonnaterre, 1788

References

• Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838. On the generic characters of cartilaginous fishes, with descriptions of new genera. Magazine of Natural History [E. Charlesworth, ed.] (n.s.) 2(7): 33–37; 88–91. Reference page. 

Links

• Hemiscyllium (Müller and Henle, 1838) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Carpet shark