Location: Komodo, Indonesia
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)
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