Hasselt's bamboo shark

Hasselt's bamboo shark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Genus: Chiloscyllium
Species:
C. hasseltii
Binomial name
Chiloscyllium hasseltii
Bleeker, 1852

Hasselt's bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium hasseltii) is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° S, and longitude 91° E and 133° E; residing inshore. Its length is up to 60 cm.

Features: Much like C. punctatum, adults usually have no color patterns, but the juveniles have transverse dark bands with black edging.[2]

Reproduction: These sharks are oviparous. The eggs will attach to benthic marine plants and hatch in December. Their average size at hatching is 94 to 120 mm.[2]

  1. ^ VanderWright, W.J., Bin Ali, A., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Fahmi, Haque, A.B., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A., Seyha, L., Vo, V.Q. & Yuneni, R.R. (2020). "Chiloscyllium hasselti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T161557A124506268. Retrieved 17 January 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b 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 172.