Chiloscyllium punctatum

Müller & Henle, 1838


Brownbanded bambooshark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Orectolobiformes Hemiscylliidae

Reference of the original description
Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. (1841)
Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin, Veit, pp. 1–200

Image of the original description

Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Chiloscyllium cf. punctatum, Chiloscyllium margaritiferum, Hemiscyllium punctatum

Types
Chiloscyllium punctatum
Neotype: AMNH: 38153;
Chiloscyllium margaritiferum
Holotype: RMNH: 7404 (260-mm male of 2)


Description :


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Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838; ZMH 25677; juvenile; female; Gulf of Thailand near Pak Phanang; 07.12.1993; 560 mm © Dr. Simon Weigmann, Elasmobranch Research Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany source: Weigmann, S. (2012): Contribution to the Taxonomy and Distribution of Six Shark Species (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Gulf of Thailand. ISRN Zoology, vol. 2012, Article ID 860768, 24 pages, doi:10.5402/2012/860768
Common names
spa Bamboa estriada, fra \(T\) Requin-chabot bambou, eng Brown spotted cat shark, eng Brown-banded bamboo shark, eng Brown-banded catshark, eng Brown-spotted catshark, eng Brownbanded bambooshark, eng Grey carpet shark, eng Grey carpetshark, eng Spotted catshark

Short Description
Genus: Nostrils subterminal on snout; pre-oral snout long, mouth closer to eyes than snout tip; eyes and supraorbital ridges hardly elevated; no black hood on head or large spot or spots on sides of body above pectoral fins [531]. Caudal fin with a pronounced subterminal notch but without a ventral lobe [16823]. Species: Young with dark transverse bands and usually a scattering of a few dark spots, bars not prominently edged with black [16823] [531]. Adults light-brown, usually without a color pattern [16823]. Dorsal fins larger than pelvic fins, with projecting free rear tips [16823]. Body without lateral dermal ridge (Ref. 4832) [531] [16823]

Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, and northern Australia. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

Biology
Oviparous, with rounded egg cases [518]. Paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk [733]. A common inshore bottom shark found on coral reefs, often in tidepools. Probably feeds on bottom invertebrates and small fishes.

Size / Weight / Age
121 cm TL (male/unsexed; [2539])

Habitat
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 85 m [531]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=1408;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
  • Empruthotrema dasyatidis Whittington & Kearn, 1992 [7581]

Cestoda
  • Caulopatera pagei Cutmore, Bennett & Cribb, 2010 [12251] [19840]
  • Dollfusiella imparispinis Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2013 [19694] [21816]
  • Grillotia (Christianella) sp. [21816]
  • Heteronybelinia australis Palm & Beveridge, 2002 [21816]
  • Hornelliella annandalei (Shipley & Hornell, 1912) Yamaguti, 1954 [16278] [16112]
  • Orectolobicestus tyleri Ruhnke, Caira & Carpenter, 2006 [7406] [19840] [25840]
  • Poecilorhynchus perplexus Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2013 [19398]
  • Prochristianella cairae Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012 [17404] [21816]
  • Rhinoptericola aetobatidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [21816]
  • Scyphophyllidium lorettae (Ruhnke, Caira & Carpenter, 2006) [7406]
  • Spiniloculus calhouni Desjardins & Caira, 2011 [16086]
  • Spiniloculus fylerae Desjardins & Caira, 2011 [16086]
  • Spiniloculus mavensis Southwell, 1925 [16952] [21421] [16086] [19840] [26821]
  • Spiniloculus paigeae Desjardins & Caira, 2011 [16086]
  • Yorkeria chonburiensis Purivirojkul & Boonsoong, 2012 [18046] [19840]
  • Yorkeria hilli Caira & Tracy, 2002 [7631] [19840]
  • Yorkeria izardi Caira, Jensen & Rajan, 2007 [7616]
  • Yorkeria kelleyae Caira & Tracy, 2002 [7631] [19840]
  • Yorkeria longstaffae Caira, Jensen & Rajan, 2007 [7616] [26821]
  • Yorkeria moretonensis Cutmore, Cribb, Bennett & Beveridge, 2018 [26821]
  • Yorkeria parva Southwell, 1927 [16952]
  • Yorkeria pusillulus Caira, Jensen & Rajan, 2007 [7616]
  • Yorkeria saliputium Caira, Jensen & Rajan, 2007 [7616] [19840]
  • Yorkeria williamsi Cutmore, Cribb, Bennett & Beveridge, 2018 [26821]
  • Yorkeria yubodohensis Caira, Jensen & Rajan, 2007 [7616] [19840]

Trematoda
Nematoda
  • Paraleptus chiloscyllii Yin & Zhang, 1983 [30337]
  • Pulchrascaris chiloscyllii (Johnston & Mawson, 1951) [17029] [31368]

Copepoda
  • Dissonus inaequalis Boxshall, Lin, Ho, Ohtsuka, Venmathi Maran & Justine, 2008 [7415]
  • Eudactylina aspera Heller, 1865 [17867]