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Grey bamboo shark
No image of Grey bamboo shark found in the Shark Database
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| Systematics |
Phylum: Vertebates (Chordata)
Class: Carlilagenous Fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order: Carpetsharks (Orectolobiformes)
Family: Bamboosharks (Hemiscyllidae)
Genus: Chiloscyllium (Chiloscyllium)
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| Name |
| Scientific: | Chiloscyllium griseum |
| German: | Grauer Bambushai |
| English: | Grey bamboo shark |
| French: | Requin-chabot gris |
| Spanish: | Bamboa gris |
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| Appearance |
Fairly stout body with a greatly elongated, thick precaudal tail. Mouth well in front of the eyes, big spiracles below the eyes. Snout rounded anteriorly. Both dorsal fins equal-sized, rounded, somewhat smaller than pelvic fins. No dorsal spines. Origin of first dorsal fin over the insertion of pelvic fins. Anal fin just ahead of the caudal fin.
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| Coloration |
Adults are entirely brown with no color pattern. Juveniles show dark transverse bands.
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| Distribution |
Indo-Western Pacific: Iran, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea.
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| Biology |
A common species. Lives in inshore waters, at the bottom.
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| Feeding |
Feeds mainly on invertebrates.
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| Size |
Maximum size at least 74 cm.
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| Reproduction |
Egg laying (oviparous). Deposits its oval eggs at the bottom.
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| Similar Species |
Similar (based on coloration) to the Arabian carpetshark but that species has dorsal fins that are larger than the pelvic fins.
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| Endangerment |
Status in the IUCN
Red List(Version 2001):
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 NT (Near Threatened) |
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| Danger to Humans |
Harmless.
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