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Catshark
No image of Catshark 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 indicum |
| German: | Schlanker Bambushai |
| English: | Catshark, Frog shark, Nurse shark, Ridge back shark, Ridgeback catshark, Ridgebacked bamboo shark, Slender bamboo shark, Stone shark, Time teller shark |
| French: | Requin-chabot élégant |
| Spanish: | Bamboa elegante |
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| Appearance |
Very slender body and tail. Snout narrowly rounded anteriorly. Both dorsal fins equal-sized, round and smaller than pelvic fins. Origin of first dorsal fin over insertion (end) of pelvic fin. Anal fin ends right in front of caudal fin.
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| Coloration |
Numerous dark brown or blackish spots or dashes on light brown body.
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| Distribution |
Indo-Western Pacific: Arabian Sea to India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Solomon Islands.
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| Biology |
Common, but little-known species of inshore water.
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| Feeding |
Feeds probably on invertebrates.
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| Size |
Maximum size about 65 cm.
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| Reproduction |
Egg laying (oviparous).
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| Similar Species |
Other bamboosharks have a similar appearance but the coloration of this species is distinctive.
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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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