Slender bamboo shark
Slender bamboo shark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Hemiscylliidae |
Genus: | Chiloscyllium |
Species: | C. indicum
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Binomial name | |
Chiloscyllium indicum (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
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Range of the slender bamboo shark |
The slender bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium indicum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans between latitudes 40° N and 10° S, and longitude 65° E and 160° E. Its length is up to 65 cm.
Features: Mouth located in front of the eyes; Elongated slender precaudal tail; the shark has a brownish body with a number of dark spots and dashes. The dorsal fins are round, same size, and smaller than the pelvic fin.[2]
Habitat: Inshore bottom dwelling shark. Found on sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters. Probably feed on small bottom dwelling invertebrates.[3]
Reproduction is oviparous (egg laying).
It is harmless to humans.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ VanderWright, W.J., Bin Ali, A., Bineesh, K.K., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Fahmi, Haque, A.B., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A., Seyha, L., Tanay, D., Utzurrum, J.A.T., Vo, V.Q. & Yuneni, R.R. (2020). "Chiloscyllium indicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T41791A124416590.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ 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 173.
- ^ 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 173.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Chiloscyllium indicum" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Chiloscyllium
- Marine fauna of East Asia
- Marine fauna of South Asia
- Marine fauna of Southeast Asia
- Fish described in 1789
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin