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White-spotted Bambooshark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

Also known as: Blue-spotted Bambooshark, Brown-banded Bambooshark, Cat Shark, Grey Bambooshark, Hasselt's Bambooshark, Marbled Bambooshark, Marbled Bamboo Catshark, Slender Bambooshark, White-spotted Catshark, Carpet Shark

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2021
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Adult
@MaastrichianGuy · US, United States · September 20191 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, over inshore coral and rocky reefs.

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

COLOURS
Pattern
bandsbrown bandsspotswhite spots
Head & Mouth
barbels
Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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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, over inshore coral and rocky reefs.

RANGE
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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 plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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