Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo Sharks)

Family

Bamboo Sharks

Hemiscylliidae

3 species in our catalog · found in 3 parks

Species in this group

Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark

Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark

🌅 Crepuscular Shark / Ray

Hemiscyllium freycineti

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely
catshark

catshark

☀️ Diurnal Shark / Ray

Chiloscyllium punctatum

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Speckled Carpetshark

Speckled Carpetshark

☀️🌙 Day & Night Shark / Ray

Hemiscyllium trispeculare

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~50%
Jan
~60%
Feb
~70%
Mar
~70%
Apr
~50%
May
~50%
Jun
~50%
Jul
~40%
Aug
~60%
Sep
~60%
Oct
~70%
Nov
~60%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

midnight6amnoon6pmmidnight

Where to see Bamboo Sharks

Parks Ranked

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia
2 of 3
~80%
2 Komodo National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
1 of 3
~40%
3 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 3
~20%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 SeaWorld San Diego 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
2 Skansen 🇸🇪 Sweden In captivity
3 Greensboro Science Center 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
4 National Zoo & Aquarium 🇦🇺 Australia In captivity
5 Akron Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
6 Plock Zoo 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
7 Erie Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
8 Kuala Lumpur Bird Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia In captivity
9 L'Oceanogràfic 🇪🇸 Spain In captivity
10 North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
11 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens 🇨🇳 China In captivity
12 Aqua World 🇯🇵 Japan In captivity
13 Orange County Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
14 Zoologico Villa Fantasía 🇲🇽 Mexico In captivity
15 Penang Bird Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia In captivity
16 Adventure Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
17 Aqua Park Shinagawa 🇯🇵 Japan In captivity
18 Aquarium Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain In captivity
19 Downtown Aquarium, Denver 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
20 Melbourne Aquarium 🇦🇺 Australia In captivity
21 Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
22 SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
23 Sea Life Sydney Aquarium 🇦🇺 Australia In captivity
24 Acuario de Sevilla 🇪🇸 Spain In captivity
25 Cairns Aquarium 🇦🇺 Australia In captivity
26 Kattegatcenter 🇩🇰 Denmark In captivity
27 Sea Life Sunshine Coast 🇦🇺 Australia In captivity
28 Seaquarium du Grau-du-Roi 🇫🇷 France In captivity
29 Wild Life Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia In captivity
30 Aquarium River of Zaragoza 🇪🇸 Spain In captivity
31 Birch Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
32 Penghu Aquarium 🇹🇼 Taiwan In captivity
33 Aviary 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China In captivity
34 Osaka Water Museum 🇯🇵 Japan In captivity
35 Baltic Sea Science Center 🇸🇪 Sweden In captivity
36 Centro de Recuperación de Rapaces Brinzal 🇪🇸 Spain In captivity
37 Acqua Mundo 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
38 Acquario Mediterraneo dell'Argentario 🇮🇹 Italy In captivity
39 Aquarium Paradise 🇮🇳 India In captivity
40 Bangsaen Aquarium 🇹🇭 Thailand In captivity
41 BXSea Aquarium 🇮🇩 Indonesia In captivity
42 Indraloka Animal Sanctuary 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
43 Jakarta Aquarium 🇮🇩 Indonesia In captivity
44 National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium 🇹🇼 Taiwan In captivity
45 Ocean Park Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China In captivity
46 Sea Life Charlotte-Concord 🇺🇸 United States In captivity