Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Brown-banded Bamboo Shark
Chiloscyllium punctatum
Brown-banded Bamboo Shark
Category: Bamboo Sharks
Scientific Name: Chiloscyllium punctatum
Size: Up to 3.5 ft. (1 m)  
Depth: 3-200 ft. (1-60 m)
Distribution: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Elasmobranchii (Class)
   └Selachii (Infraclass)
    └Orectolobiformes (Order)
     └Hemiscylliidae (Family)
      └Chiloscyllium (Genus)
       └C. punctatum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277833🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97441🔗

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