Hemiscyllium galei

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=VanderWright, W.J. |author2=Allen, G.R. |author3=Derrick, D. |author4=Dudgeon, C. |author5=Erdmann, M.V. |author6=Sianipar, A. |date=2021 |title=Hemiscyllium galei |volume=2021 |page=e.T195436A198885260 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T195436A198885260.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Hemiscyllium

| species = galei

| authority = G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008{{cite journal | journal = Aqua (Miradolo Terme) | volume = 13 | issue = 3–4 | year = 2008 | pages = 93–108 | title = Two new species of bamboo sharks (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae) from Western New Guinea | author = Allen & Erdmann}}

| range_map = Cenderwasih Epaulette Shark Range.png

| range_map_caption = Range of the Cenderwasih epaulette shark

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Hemiscyllium galei, the Cenderawasih epaulette shark, is a species of bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae. Together with H. henryi, it was only scientifically described in 2008 by Gerald R. Allen and Mark V. Erdmann.{{FishBase| genus = Hemiscyllium | species = galei | year = 2010 | month = May}} At present, H. galei is only known from depths of {{convert|2|to|4|m}} at reefs in the Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua, Indonesia. The largest known specimen was {{convert|56.8|cm}} long. It can be separated from its relatives (e.g., H. freycineti) by the combination of seven relatively large dark spots along the side of the body (between the abdomen and tail-base), white markings on the edge of its dark dorsal saddles and other scattered white spots on the upper side.