Bluespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)

Also known as: Whitespotted bamboo shark
Synonyms: Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum
  
French: Requin-chabot Á Taches Blanches, Requin-chabot À Taches Bleues
Spanish: Bamboa Estrellada, Bamboa Punteada
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassChondrichthyes
OrderOrectolobiformes
FamilyHemiscylliidae
GenusChiloscyllium (1)

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1).

Information on the bluespotted bamboo shark is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact: arkive@wildscreen.org.uk

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/