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Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous[Bennett], 1830)

Whitespotted bambooshark
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Hong Kong country information

Common names: 條紋狗鯊, 條紋斑竹鯊, 狗女鯊
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: To, A.W.L., K.S.H. Ching and S.K.H. Shea, 2013
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Bluff Island. Favors southern, and occasionally, western waters. Spawning takes place from December to April (Ref. 128523). Sold in live fish markets. Caught via trawling (Ref. 125552). Also Ref. 13575, 94637.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin-chabot taches blanches, Bamboa punteada, قرش-قدّ بُقَع بيضاء, ... 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);  plagiosum: -osus, Latin suffix denoting fullness or abundance: plagis (L.), stripes, referring to dark transverse bands on body. (See ETYFish).

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 106604).   Tropical; 35°N - 10°S, 42°E - 135°E

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