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Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)

Slender bambooshark
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Japan country information

Common names: Tenjiku zamae, Tenjikuzame
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from southern Japan (Ref. 559) but Compagno 1984, 1998 (Ref. 247, 13575) note that occurrence in Japan is questionable. Occurrence needs verification. Also Ref. 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin-chabot élégant, Bamboa elegante, 印度斑竹鲨, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
Etymology: Chiloscyllium: cheilos (Gr.), lip, referring to membranous and broad lower lip, presumably of C. plagiosum (proposed without a species); skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish);  indicum: -icus (Gr.), belonging to: Indian Ocean, type locality. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Gmelin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

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