Whitespotted bamboo shark
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The whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) is a species of carpet shark with an adult size that approaches one metre in length.[2] This small, mostly nocturnal species is harmless to humans. The whitespotted bamboo shark is occasionally kept as a pet in larger home aquaria. It can grow up to 93 centimetres (37 in) long.[3]
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Whitespotted bamboo shark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Hemiscylliidae |
Genus: | Chiloscyllium |
Species: | C. plagiosum |
Binomial name | |
Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous, referred to Bennett, 1830) | |
Range of the whitespotted bamboo shark | |
Synonyms | |
Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 |
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