Hasselt's bamboo shark
| Hasselt's bamboo shark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Hemiscylliidae |
| Genus: | Chiloscyllium |
| Species: | C. hasseltii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852 | |
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Hasselt's bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium hasseltii, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° N, and longitude 91° E and 133° E; residing inshore. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Features: Much like Chioscyllium punctatum adults usually have not color patterns yet the juveniles have transverse dark bands with black edging.[2]
Reproduction: These sharks are Oviparous. The eggs will attach to benthic marine plants and hatch in December. Their average size at hatching is 94 to 120 mm.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ White, W.T. (2008). "Chiloscyllium hasseltii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- 1 2 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 172.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Chiloscyllium hasseltii" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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