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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