WoRMS taxon details
Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
281036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281036)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Whitley, G. P. (1967). Sharks of the Australasian region. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 14 (no. 2): 173-188, Pl. 4. [details]
Type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281036 on 2025-06-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitley, G. P. (1967). Sharks of the Australasian region. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 14 (no. 2): 173-188, Pl. 4. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype AM I.15584-001, geounit Papua New Guinea [details]
Syntype AM I.15717-001, geounit Papua New Guinea [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat A little-known inshore bottom shark, possibly oncoral reefs. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Papuan epaulette shark | [details] |
| French | requin-chabot épaulette | [details] |
| Spanish | bamboa hombrera | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemiscyllium hallstromi)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hemiscyllium hallstromi, Papua New Guinea, by Tonozuka, T.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemiscyllium hallstromi)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hemiscyllium hallstromi, Papua New Guinea, by Tonozuka, T.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
