Hemiscyllium trispeculare
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around north and west Australia between latitudes 8° S and 22° S, and longitude 114° E and 152° E. Its length is up to 79 cm, and it inhabits shallow coral reefs. It is also kept in aquaria. The speckled carpetshark is closely related to the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium Ocellatum)
Reproduction is oviparous. List of sharks Carpet shark Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemiscyllium strahani". FishBase. July 2006 version. Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2 Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aqua World | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Cairns Aquarium | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Carpetshark sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 24 sharks and rays we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and October–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Carpetshark in Ningaloo Marine Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, May–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Speckled Carpetshark sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Ningaloo Marine Park, in our data
Ningaloo Marine Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Speckled Carpetshark sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Orectolobiformes
The closest relatives of the Speckled Carpetshark that you can see in Ningaloo Marine Park (order Orectolobiformes, Carpet Sharks) are Whale Shark (about 60%), Zebra Shark (about 40%) and Tasselled Wobbegong (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckled Carpetshark is recorded against all the sharks and rays logged in Ningaloo Marine Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
