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Sharks & rays

Grey Bamboo Shark

Chiloscyllium griseum

Also known as: Banded Dogfish, Black-banded Cat Shark, Brown-banded Bamboo Shark, Cat Shark, Carpet Shark, Grey Catshark, Hasselt's Bamboo Shark, Longtail Carpet Shark, Ridge-back Bamboo Shark, White-spotted Bamboo Shark

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2020
Adult
@perigor2000 · Perhentian island, Malaysia · June 20041 / 3
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, resting under rocks during the day, dispersing at night to hunt for food in shallow waters, over estuaries, coral and rocky reefs and in tide-pools.
Juveniles are patterned but fade with age.

These sharks have barbels to sift through the sand for invertebrates, These sharks are quite common and harmless.

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How to identify

Head & Mouth
barbels

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly or in schools, resting under rocks during the day, dispersing at night to hunt for food in shallow waters, over estuaries, coral and rocky reefs and in tide-pools.

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Adult photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classElasmobranchii
    4. orderOrectolobiformes
    5. familyHemiscylliidae
    6. genusChiloscyllium
    7. speciesChiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Orectolobiformes