trispeculare, Hemiscyllium Richardson [J.] 1843:5, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Icones piscium, or plates of rare fishes; ref. 6537] North West Australia. Neotype: BMNH 1953.5.10.1. Based on a drawing of specimen which was not kept. Neotype designated by Dingerkus & DeFino 1983:51 [ref. 5386]. •Valid as Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson 1843 -- (Compagno 1984:199 [ref. 6474], Allen & Swainston 1988:20 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:90 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:14 [ref. 15987], Last & Stevens 1994:137 [ref. 23873], Allen 1997:40 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:343 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:14 [ref. 25919], Compagno & Niem 1998:1253 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Hutchins 2001:13 [ref. 25847], Goto 2001:81 [ref. 25912], Compagno 2001:183 [ref. 26323], Allen & Adrim 2003:21 [ref. 26830], Hoese et al. 2006:124 [ref. 29001], Allen & Erdmann 2008:94 [ref. 29476], Allen & Dudgeon 2010:29 [ref. 30713], Allen et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32791], Larson et al. 2013:14 [ref. 32988], Weigmann 2016:9 [ref. 34211], Allen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35399], Dudgeon et al. 2020:B [ref. 37271], Allen & Erdmann 2024:52 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson 1843. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Point Quobba northward (Western Australia); Northern Territory (Australia); Aru Islands (Maluku, Indonesia). Habitat: marine.