Burmese bamboo shark
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The Burmese bamboo shark ( Chiloscyllium burmensis ) is a shark from the bamboo shark family (Hemiscylliidae). Scientifically, this species is so far only known from a single male animal.
features
The only known individual of the Burmese bamboo shark so far is a 57 centimeter long male. The body and tail are slender like other species of the genus, it has no ridges on the sides of the body. The body is not drawn and the fins have a dark net pattern, the coloring of the young is unknown.
As with the other species of the genus, the mouth lies clearly in front of the eyes, which are very small for the genus. Both the dorsal fins and the anal fin start very far back on the body. The first dorsal fin starts above the pelvic fins or directly behind them and the beginning of the anal fin is far behind the end of the second dorsal fin. The rear edge of the dorsal fins is straight to slightly convex.
distribution and habitat
The only known individual to date was captured in the northeast Indian Ocean off the coast of Burma . The habitat of the species is unknown; it is assumed that the species lives close to the coast, for example in the Irrawaddy river delta .
Way of life
No data are available on the way of life of the Burmese bamboo shark. Like all other species of the genus, it is likely to lay eggs ( oviparous ) and, like them, feeds primarily on small, invertebrate animals on the sea floor.
Relationship to people
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species in the Red List of Threatened Species as a species with an inadequate database (“data deficient”) according to its unknown way of life and the lack of information on reproduction.
supporting documents
- ↑ Chiloscyllium burmensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.2. Posted by: White, WT, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
literature
- Leonard JV Compagno : Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalog of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalog for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. FAO Rome 2001 ( complete PDF , species portrait )
- Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler: Sharks of the World. Princeton Field Guides, Princeton University Press , Princeton and Oxford 2005, Page 166, ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0
Web links
- Burmese bamboo shark on Fishbase.org (English)