Grey bamboo shark

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]

Grey bamboo shark

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Genus: Chiloscyllium
Species:
C. griseum
Binomial name
Chiloscyllium griseum
Range of the grey bamboo shark
Synonyms

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

* ambiguous synonym

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
  1. Lisney, T.J. & R.D. Cavanagh (2003). "Chiloscyllium griseum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2003: e.T41792A10547859. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T41792A10547859.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  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. "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
  5. 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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