Grey bamboo shark

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Grey bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium griseum Oceanopolis.jpg
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Genus: Chiloscyllium
Species:
C. griseum
Binomial name
Chiloscyllium griseum
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
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Range of the grey bamboo shark
Synonyms

Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscurum* Ogilby, 1888
Chiloscyllium obscurum* Gray, 1851
Scyliorhinus unicolor* Blainville, 1816

* ambiguous synonym

The grey bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium griseum, is a species of carpet shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans from the Arabian Sea to Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 34° N and 10° S, and longitude 60° E and 150° E. Its length is up to 74 cm.[2][3]

Features: Adults are brown and have no coloration but the juveniles have transverse dark bands.[4]

Reproduction is Oviparous (egg laying).

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b VanderWright, W.J., Bin Ali, A., Bineesh, K.K., Derrick, D., Haque, A.B., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A. & Seyha, L. (2020). "Chiloscyllium griseum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2020: e.T41792A10547859. Retrieved 17 January 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Chiloscyllium griseum" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
  3. ^ Compagno, L.J.V.; M. Dando & S. Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
  4. ^ Compagno, Leonard. "" 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
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