WoRMS taxon details
Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843
281039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281039)
accepted
Species
Chiloscyllium trispeculare (Richardson, 1843) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Richardson, J. (1843). Icones piscium, or plates of rare fishes. Part I. <em>Richard and John E. Taylor, London.</em> 1-8, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Neotype BMNH 1953.5.10.1, geounit North West Australia
Neotype BMNH 1953.5.10.1, geounit North West Australia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281039 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, J. (1843). Icones piscium, or plates of rare fishes. Part I. <em>Richard and John E. Taylor, London.</em> 1-8, Pls. 1-5. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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
Neotype BMNH 1953.5.10.1, geounit North West Australia [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | speckled catsharkspeckled carpet sharkcat shark | [details] |
| French | requin-chabot marquéterie | [details] |
| Spanish | bamboa moteada | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemiscyllium trispeculare)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemiscyllium trispeculare FIN029112 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemiscyllium trispeculare RAD109806-001)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemiscyllium trispeculare)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemiscyllium trispeculare FIN029112 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemiscyllium trispeculare RAD109806-001)
To ITIS
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