''Chiloscyllium'' is a genus of sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae. This genus is distinguished by a relatively long snout with subterminal

nostril A nostril (or naris , plural ''nares'' ) is either of the two orifices of the nose. They enable the entry and exit of air and other gasses through the nasal cavities. In birds and mammals, they contain branched bones or cartilages called t ...

s. The eyes and supraorbital ridges are hardly elevated. The mouth is closer to the eyes than to the tip of the snout, with lower labial folds usually connected across the chin by a flap of skin. The pectoral and

pelvic fin Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral surface of fish. The paired pelvic fins are homologous to the hindlimbs of tetrapods. Structure and function Structure In actinopterygians, the pelvic fin consists of two e ...

s are thin and not very muscular. No black hood on the head or large black spot on the side is present (though juveniles often are strongly marked with dark spots/bars). * ''

Chiloscyllium arabicum The Arabian carpetshark (''Chiloscyllium arabicum'') is a species of carpet shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, inhabiting coral reefs and other shallow coastal habitats from the Persian Gulf to India. Reaching long, this shark is characterized ...

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, 1980 (Arabian carpetshark) * ''

Chiloscyllium burmensis The Burmese bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium burmensis'', is an extremely rare bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae. The first specimen was caught 1963 off the coast from Rangoon in Burma in a depth of 29 – 33 m. This holotype is an adu ...

'' Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 (Burmese bamboo shark) * ''

Chiloscyllium griseum 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 Philip ...

'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (grey bamboo shark) * ''

Chiloscyllium hasselti Hasselt's bamboo shark (''Chiloscyllium hasseltii'') is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° S, and longitude 91° E and 133° E; residing inshore. Its l ...

'' Bleeker, 1852 (Hasselt's bamboo shark) * ''

Chiloscyllium indicum The slender bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium indicum'', is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans between latitudes 40° N and 10° S, and longitude 65° E and 160° E. It is harmless to humans. Desc ...

'' ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (slender bamboo shark) * ''

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 ...

'' (Anonymous, referred to Bennett, 1830) (white-spotted bamboo shark) * '' Chiloscyllium punctatum'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (brown-banded bamboo shark)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q140369 Shark genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle