Grey bamboo shark

Short description: Species of shark

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

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* 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 Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List[1]

## See also

* List of sharks

## References

1. ↑ 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.
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

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