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Bamboo Shark - Chiloscyllium punctatum
This Bamboo Shark - Chiloscyllium punctatum was seen 'sleeping' in a deep crevice in an underwater tunnel. I had to 'squeezed' myself into the crevices to get a closer-up picture of this Shark but it was not possible to get a picture of the whole shark.
This is a 'teenage' shark, still with the distinctly barred dark and pale, whereas full adult Bamboo Sharks are overall brownish/grey in colour.
The brownbanded bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium punctatum'', is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific from Japan to northern Australia, between latitudes 34° N and 26° S, to depths of 85 metres . Its length is up to 1.04 metres . While adults are overall brownish with faint suggestions of bands, the commonly seen juveniles are distinctly barred dark and pale.
Classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List Unknown, . "Chiloscyllium punctatum." International.. more
