Grey Bamboo Shark

Grey bamboo shark
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Hemiscylliidae
Genus:	Chiloscyllium
Species:	C. griseum
Binomial name
	Chiloscyllium griseum; J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
	Range of the grey bamboo shark
Synonyms
	Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscurum* Ogilby, 1888; Chiloscyllium obscurum* Gray, 1851; Scyliorhinus unicolor* Blainville, 1816 * ambiguous synonym

Short description: Species of 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]

Features: Adults are brown and have no coloration but the juveniles have transverse dark bands.^[4]

Reproduction is Oviparous (egg laying).

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 VanderWright, W.J., Bin Ali, A., Bineesh, K.K., Derrick, D., Haque, A.B., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A. & Seyha, L. (2020). "Chiloscyllium griseum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2020: e.T41792A10547859. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41792/124416752. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Chiloscyllium griseum" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
↑ Compagno, L.J.V.; M. Dando; 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

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey bamboo shark. Read more

Grey bamboo shark

Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Hemiscylliidae
Genus:	Chiloscyllium
Species:	C. griseum
Binomial name
*Chiloscyllium griseum* J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838

Range of the grey bamboo shark
Synonyms
Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscurum* Ogilby, 1888 Chiloscyllium obscurum* Gray, 1851 Scyliorhinus unicolor* Blainville, 1816 * ambiguous synonym