Hasselt's bamboo shark

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.

Hasselt's bamboo shark

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Genus: Chiloscyllium
Species:
C. hasseltii
Binomial name
Chiloscyllium hasseltii
Bleeker, 1852

Features: Much like C. punctatum, adults usually have no color patterns, but 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
  1. White, W.T. (2009). "Chiloscyllium hasselti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T161557A5450824. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161557A5450824.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  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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