Grey bamboo shark
| Grey bamboo shark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| 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 | |
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Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscurum* Ogilby, 1888 * 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 Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Lisney, T.J. and R.D. Cavanagh (2003). Chiloscyllium griseum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Chiloscyllium griseum" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
- ↑ Compagno, L.J.V., M. Dando and S. Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
- ↑ 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 169
- ↑ unknown, . "Chiloscyllium punctatum." International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. N.p., 2010. Web. 15 April 2010.<unknown, . "Chiloscyllium punctatum." International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. N.p., 2010. Web. 15 April 2010./>
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