The Burmese bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium burmensis'', is an extremely rare

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in the

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. The first specimen was caught 1963 off the coast from

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in a depth of 29 – 33 m. This

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is an adult male, 57 cm long and kept in the

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, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.Howe, J. C. & Springer, V. G. "Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii)". ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology''. Number 540, 1993 Later, three more specimens, two males and one female, were recorded 2018 from the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation Fish Landing Center of Cox’s Bazar. Ahmed, M.S., Chowdhury, N.Z., Datta, S.K. et al. New Geographical Record of the Burmese Bamboo Shark, Chiloscyllium burmensis (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae), from Bangladesh Waters. Thalassas 35, 347–350 (2019).

Description

The dorsal fin of the Burmese bamboo shark has straight rear margins. They are relatively small in size and have a slender body, blunt snout, and small eyes. It has no particular color pattern.

Diet

They eat small bony fish or invertebrates.Compagno, Leonard. ''Sharks of the World''. Shark Research Center Iziko-Museums of Cape Town. No. 1. Vol 2. Cape Town South Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2002. Pg 169.

Reproduction

It is presumed to be

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(egg laying).

References

* * Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, ''Sharks of the World'', Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:shark, bamboo, Burmese Burmese bamboo shark Fish of Myanmar Endemic fauna of Myanmar Burmese bamboo shark

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