Hemiscylliidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 12-13

Hemiscylliidae

Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830) —Whitespotted bambooshark

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen photographed at St. CTR 28.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. India east to Philippines, north to southern Japan and Korea. Found resting on the bottom in coral and rocky reef habitats, including tidal pools, 0– 50 m. Marine.

Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 —Brownbanded bambooshark

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen observed by S. Andréfouët, St. CTR 01; photographed by A. Berberian.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. India east to Philippines, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Found resting on the bottom in coral reef habitats, including tidal pools, 0– 85 m. Marine.

Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967 —Hooded carpetshark ( Fig. 2 )

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen photographed at St. CTR 34, and another by P. Laboute on 24 Nov. 2012; a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen. ASIZ material (ASIZ uncat.). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Endemic to Papua New Guinea. Found on coral reefs, 3– 18 m. Marine.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Hemiscyllium strahani (Hemiscylliidae), Madang Lagoon, St. PR 135, P. Laboute, 24 Nov. 2012.