Grey bamboo shark
Kingdom
Phylum
SPECIES
Chiloscyllium griseum
Length
77
30
cminch
cm inch 

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. Its length is up to 74 cm.

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Features: Adults are brown and have no coloration but the juveniles have transverse dark bands.

Reproduction is Oviparous (egg laying).

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List

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Grey bamboo shark
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References

1. Grey bamboo shark Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_bamboo_shark
2. Grey bamboo shark on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41792/124416752

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