Grey bamboo shark
| Grey bamboo shark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| 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 | |
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Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscurum* Ogilby, 1888 * 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.
Features: Adults are brown and have no coloration but the juveniles have transverse dark bands.
Reproduction is Oviparous (egg laying).
Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List