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 length is up to 60 cm.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Hemiscylliidae |
| Genus: | Chiloscyllium |
| Species: | C. hasseltii
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| Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
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Features: Much like C. punctatum, adults usually have no color patterns, but the juveniles have transverse dark bands with black edging.[2]
Reproduction: These sharks are oviparous. The eggs will attach to benthic marine plants and hatch in December. Their average size at hatching is 94 to 120 mm.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ VanderWright, W.J., Bin Ali, A., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Fahmi, Haque, A.B., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A., Seyha, L., Vo, V.Q. & Yuneni, R.R. (2020). "Chiloscyllium hasselti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T161557A124506268. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Compagno, Leonard. Sharks of the world Shark Research Center Iziko-Museums of Cape Town. NO. 1. Vol 2. Cape Town South Africa: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, 2002. Pg 172.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chiloscyllium hasseltii". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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