page_title: Hemiscylliidae
section_title: Fossil taxa
hierarchical_section_title: Hemiscylliidae / Genera and species / Fossil taxa
caption_attribution_description: Fossil, late Cretaceous shark (Hemiscylliidae)
context_page_description: The Hemiscylliidae are a family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes, commonly known as longtail carpet sharks and sometimes as bamboo sharks. They are found in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific.
  They are relatively small sharks, with the largest species reaching no more than 121 cm in adult body length. They have elongated, cylindrical bodies, with short barbels and large spiracles. As their common name suggests, they have unusually long tails, which exceed the length of the rest of their bodies. They are sluggish fish, feeding on bottom-dwelling invertebrates and smaller fish.
context_section_description: †Acanthoscyllium sahelalmae (Pictet & Humbert, 1866)
  †Almascyllium cheikeliasi (Signeaux, 1949)
  †Chiloscyllium broenirnani Casier, 1958
  †Hemiscyllium bruxelliensis Herman, 1977
  †Mesiteia daimeriesi (Herman, 1973)
  †Pseudospinax heterodon Underwood & Mitchell, 1999
caption: Hemiscylliidae fossil from late Cretaceous
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