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Grey bamboo shark

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The grey bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium griseum, is a species of carpet shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, order Orectolobiformes. Adults are plain brown without distinctive markings, while juveniles carry transverse dark bands, and the species reaches a maximum length of about 74 centimeters. It ranges across the Indo-West Pacific from the Arabian Sea to Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, roughly between 34 degrees north and 10 degrees south latitude. It is oviparous, reproducing by laying eggs, and the IUCN Red List lists it as Vulnerable because of the pressure human fishing places on its population. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Chiloscyllium griseum 3
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Chiloscyllium, Taxa
Source Grey bamboo shark (Wikidata)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Grey bamboo shark (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Coral Reef Systems, Ecosystems
Source FishBase: Chiloscyllium griseum (FishBase)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

China

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India

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Indonesia

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Japan

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Malaysia

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Pakistan

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Thailand

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Sources
1. FishBase: Chiloscyllium griseum (FishBase)
FishBase
  • Biology
    Probably feeds mainly on invertebrates (Ref. 247 , 43278 )
  • Human uses
    Fisheries: commercial
  • In Ecosystem: Coral Reef Systems, Environment reef
    Marine; brackish; reef-associated
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2. Grey bamboo shark (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List
  • Introduction
    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.
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    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.
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3. Grey bamboo shark (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28977 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
  • Child Taxon Of: Chiloscyllium, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Elasmobranchii
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 33
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 33
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Elasmobranchii","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Requins","language":"FR"},{"name":"Tiburones","language":"ES"},{"name":"Sharks","language":"EN"},{"name":"板鳃亚纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Orectolobiformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 80
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 80
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Elasmobranchii","order":"Orectolobiformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"须鲨目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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