Grey bamboo shark


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 34th [parallel north|34° N] and 10° S, and longitude 60th [meridian east|60° E] and 150° E. Its length is up to 74 cm.
Features: Adults are brown and have no coloration but the juveniles have transverse dark bands.
Reproduction is Oviparous.
Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List