Longtail Carpet Shark

Adults are brown or grey.

Longtail carpet shark. A rare shark with a long tail. An easy way to tell the difference between the epaulette. Generally small slender bottom dwelling sharks characterised by blunt bulbous heads with short nasal barbels and a long tail. Juveniles up to 30cm have wavy lines or small dark spots.

The epaulette shark is a member of the fish family hemiscylliidae collectively called the longtail carpet sharks. They have extremely long tails which are longer than the length of the rest of their body. They are relatively small sharks with the largest species reaching no more than 121 cm 48 in in adult body length. Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order orectolobiformes sometimes the common name carpet shark named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets is used interchangeably with wobbegong which is the common name of sharks in the family orectolobidae carpet sharks have five gill slits two spineless dorsal fins and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes.

Watch this video on epic. Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order orectolobiformes sometimes the common name carpet shark named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets is used interchangeably with wobbegong which is the common name of sharks in the family orectolobidae carpet sharks have five gill slits two spineless dorsal fins and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes. The hemiscylliidae are a family of sharks in the order orectolobiformes commonly known as longtail carpet sharks and sometimes as bamboo sharks they are found in shallow waters of the tropical indo pacific. Their common name is longtail carpet shark and for good reason.

1 per person 2 per boat with 2 or more people on board combined limit for all shark species. Unlike more well known sharks like the great white the bamboo shark is a small slow moving bottom dweller. Cricket longtail spiloptila clamans schuppenkopfprinie f orn. A basic introduction to the biology and habits of longtail carpet sharks.

In australia the family contains three species the epaulette shark the speckled carpet shark hemiscyllium trispeculare and the grey carpet shark chiloscyllium punctatum.