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Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)

Slender bambooshark
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India country information

Common names: Balavala, Bokee sorrah, Corungum sorrah
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found along the Indian coast (Ref. 45255), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Ref. 118627). Rarely enters estuaries (Ref. 4832). Regularly taken in inshore fisheries (Ref. 247). Also Ref. 13575, 43278, 118627.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin-chabot élégant, Bamboa elegante, قرش-قدّ أنيق, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (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 Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 90 m (Ref. 106604).   Tropical; 40°N - 10°S, 65°E - 160°E

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