''Chiloscyllium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of sharks in the family
Hemiscylliidae.
This genus is distinguished by a relatively long snout with subterminal
nostril
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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
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* The chest region and anything relating to it.
* Pectoral cross, a cross worn on the chest
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* Pectora ...
and
pelvic fin
Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral (belly) surface of fish, and are the lower of the only two sets of paired fins (the other being the laterally positioned pectoral fins). The pelvic fins are homologous to the hi ...
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''
Gubanov, 1980 (Arabian carpetshark)
* ''
Chiloscyllium burmensis''
Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 (Burmese bamboo shark)
* ''
Chiloscyllium griseum''
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (grey bamboo shark)
* ''
Chiloscyllium hasselti''
Bleeker, 1852 (Hasselt's bamboo shark)
* ''
Chiloscyllium indicum''
( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (slender bamboo shark)
* ''
Chiloscyllium plagiosum''
(Anonymous, referred to Bennett, 1830) (white-spotted bamboo shark)
* ''
Chiloscyllium punctatum
The brownbanded bamboo shark (''Chiloscyllium punctatum''), is a bamboo shark in the family (biology), family Hemiscylliidae that can be found in the Indo-West Pacific from Japan to northern Australia, between latitudes 34th parallel north, 34° N ...
''
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (brown-banded bamboo shark)
References
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Shark genera
Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller
Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle