Grey bamboo shark

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.^[2][3]

Grey bamboo shark
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
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
Chiloscyllium indicum var. obscurum* Ogilby, 1888 Chiloscyllium obscurum* Gray, 1851 Scyliorhinus unicolor* Blainville, 1816 * ambiguous synonym

Features: Adults are brown and have no coloration but the juveniles have transverse dark bands.^[4]

Reproduction is Oviparous (egg laying).

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List^[1]

See also

• Sharks portal

• List of sharks

References

1. VanderWright, W.J., Bin Ali, A., Bineesh, K.K., Derrick, D., Haque, A.B., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A. & Seyha, L. (2020). "Chiloscyllium griseum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T41792A10547859. Retrieved 17 January 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chiloscyllium griseum". FishBase. January 2010 version.
3. Compagno, L.J.V.; M. Dando & S. Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
4. Compagno, Leonard. "Sharks of the world." Shark Research Center Iziko-Museums of Cape Town. NO. 1. Vol 2. Cape Town South Africa: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, 2002. Pg 169