Some Carangiform swimmers include nurse sharks, bamboo sharks, and reef sharks.
Other common names for this species include Arabian bamboo shark and confusing bamboo shark.
There are also occasional encounters with leopard sharks and bamboo sharks, barracuda and turtles.
The touch exhibit features cownose rays, Southern red stingrays and bamboo sharks that all swim freely.
In October 2007, bamboo sharks were added to the exhibit.
The whitespotted bamboo shark is occasionally kept as a pet in larger home aquariums.
The teeth of bamboo sharks are not strongly differentiated.
Whitespotted bamboo sharks are oviparous (egg laying).
Hemiscylliidae is a family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes, commonly known as longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks.
The newest exhibit, Shark/Ray Encounter, allows guests to have a guided, up-close experience with bamboo sharks and stingrays.