Species of shark
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Burmese bamboo shark
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1 )[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Orectolobiformes
Family:
Hemiscylliidae
Genus:
Chiloscyllium
Species:
C. burmensis
Binomial name
Chiloscyllium burmensis & , 1983
Range of the Burmese bamboo shark (in blue)
The Burmese bamboo shark , Chiloscyllium burmensis , is an extremely rare bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae . Only one single specimen is known to science. It was caught 1963 off the coast from Rangoon in Burma in a depth of 29 – 33 m. This holotype is an adult male, 57 cm long and kept in the National Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.[2]
Features : No color pattern. Dorsal fin has straight rear margins.[3]
Food : Small bony fish or invertebrates.[3]
Reproduction is presumed to be oviparous (egg laying).
See also [ ]
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References [ ]
^ VanderWright, W.J., Bineesh, K.K., Haque, A.B., Maung, A. & Derrick, D. (2020). "Chiloscyllium burmensis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 : e.T161616A124515789. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
^ Howe, J. C. & Springer, V. G. "Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . Number 540, 1993
^ Jump up to: a b Compagno, Leonard. Sharks of the World . Shark Research Center Iziko-Museums of Cape Town. No. 1. Vol 2. Cape Town South Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2002. Pg 169.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Chiloscyllium burmensis " in FishBase . July 2006 version.
Compagno , Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World , Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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