whitespotted bamboo shark

 About "whitespotted bamboo shark"

📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Chondrichthyes

📍Order:- Orectolobiformes

📍Family:- Hemiscylliidae

📍Genus:- Chiloscyllium

📍Species:- C. plagiosum

📍Binomial name:-

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

📍The whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) is a carpet shark with an adult size that approaches one metre in length.

 📍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.

📍These sharks are found on coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean.

📍They are common in the coastal areas of Indonesia and surrounding waters, but the species' range extends from Japan to India.

📍These sharks are also used for human consumption in Madagascar and Taiwan.

📍These sharks feed at night, preying on small fish and invertebrates.

📍They have small teeth that can be used for grasping or crushing prey.

📍 Whitespotted bamboo sharks are oviparous (egg laying).

📍The eggs are approximately five inches long and hatch after 14 or 15 weeks.

📍The young hatch out at approximately 6 inches in length.

📍Because of their small size and bottom-dwelling lifestyle, these are one of the more common species of sharks to be kept in home aquariums.

 📍They feed and breed readily in captivity.

 📍Because of this, they can be purchased from many sources.

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📷:- https://www.fishbase.se/FieldGuide/FieldGuideSummary.php?genusname=Chiloscyllium&speciesname=plagiosum&c_code=608&print=1

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