CHONDRICHTHYES: ORDER: FAMILY: Chiloscyllium

Chiloscyllium punctatum Author and date

Banded Bamboo Shark

Photo & text by Dr. R. G. Sprackland.

Juvenile bamboo shark, just s few days after hatching.

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Adult banded bamboo shark.

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Literature:

Compagno, Leonard. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 4, Part 1. Sharks of the World. U.N. Development Programme, Rome. ISBN: 92-5-101384-5.

Garman, Samuel. 1997. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Benthic Press, L.A. ISBN: 0-9657121-0-9.

Last, Peter, and J. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO. ISBN: 0-643-05143-0.

Sprackland, Robert. 1999. Key to the Sharks and Rays of the World. Young Forest Company, Belmont, CA.