Brownbanded bambooshark
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| Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 |
The brownbanded bambooshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific from India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, and northern Australia, between latitudes 34° N and 26° S, to depths of 85 m. Its length is up to 1.04 m.
The brownbanded bambooshark has its mouth closer to its eyes than the snout tip. The caudal fin has a pronounced subterminal notch but without a ventral lobe. The dorsal fins are larger than the pelvic fins, with projecting free rear tips. It is a common inshore bottom shark found on coral reefs, often in tide pools. Probably feeds on bottom invertebrates and small fish, and the gills are sometimes infested by larval isopods (Praniza - larva of isopod Gnathia). It is utilized as food.
It has the ability to survive low oxygen conditions by switching off non-essential brain functions - apparently an adaptation for hunting in tide-pools with low oxygen, and it can survive up to 12 hours out of water.
Coloration of young dark transverse bands and usually a scattering of a few dark spots, bars not prominently edged with black. Adults are light-brown, usually without a color pattern.
Reproduction is oviparous.
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[edit] References
- "Chiloscyllium punctatum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
