
The whitespotted bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium plagiosum'', is a carpet shark with an adult size that approaches one metre in length This small, mostly nocturnal species is harmless to humans. The whitespotted bamboo shark is occasionally kept as a pet in larger home aquariums. It can grow up to 93 centimetres long.
Similar species: Carpet Sharks
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Uploaded Nov 3, 2012. Captured May 13, 2011 17:54 in St Louis Downtown Airport (CPS), St Louis, MO 63103, USA.