David Hall / Brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) juvenile on sea floor. Pantar Island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.

Shane Gross / Brown banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) rests on a pristine coral reef, near Alor, Indonesia.

David Perpinan / Anesthesia of a captive bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) Small repro only

Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) working his way into a crevice to approach female to mate. The males two claspers (the organs used for inseminating the female shark) are clearly vi...

Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) male initiates the courtship process by biting and holding on to the female shark, Kannoura, Shikoku, Kochi-ken, Japan

Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) empty egg sacs - the appearance of these empty eggs sacs seems to coincide with heightened male shark activity, with ensuing courtship and copulatio...

Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) male initiates the courtship process by biting and holding on to the female shark, Kannoura, Shikoku, Kochi-ken, Japan

Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) pair mating with the male above, insertion of right clasper clearly visible. Kannoura, Shikoku, Kochi-ken, Japan

Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) pair mating with the male above, insertion of right clasper clearly visible. Kannoura, Shikoku, Kochi-ken, Japan

Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) male biting the pectoral fin of a female shark during courtship, Kannoura, Shikoku, Kochi-ken, Japan

Juergen Freund / Raja Ampat epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium sp.) North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Michele Westmorland / Rare Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium sp.) in the Galapagos Islands.

Michele Westmorland / Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium sp.) in the Galapagos Islands.

Alex Mustard / Indonesian speckled carpetshark (Hemiscyllium freycineti) walks across the seabed under the cover of darkness. Rather than swim, this species of epaulette shark walks on its pectoral and pelvic fins....

Franco Banfi / Papuan epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium hallstromi) Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Papuan epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium hallstromi) Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

David Fleetham / Ocellated epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) resting on reef, New Guinea, Pacific Ocean.

Magnus Lundgren / Raja Ampat epaulette shark / Indonesian speckled carpetshark (Hemiscyllium freycineti) in shallow water, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Brownbanded bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium punctatum) seen in a small captive tank at a seafood market, Chonburi Province, Thailand, January 2016.

Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) swimming along the sandy bottom in the reefs in the Northern Gulf of Thailand, Chonburi Province, Thailand,.

Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Egg case of Brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) with early-stage embryo visible inside. Handled by a staff at the captive breeding facility, Institute of Marine Science, Bhurapha Univer...