Hasselt's bamboo shark (''Chiloscyllium hasseltii'') is a bamboo shark in the

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Hemiscylliidae The Hemiscylliidae are a family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes, commonly known as longtail carpet sharks and sometimes as bamboo sharks. They are found in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific. They are relatively small sharks ...

found around

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and

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, between

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s 23° N and 10° S, and

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91° E and 133° E; residing inshore. Its length is up to 60 cm. Features: Much like '' C. punctatum'', adults usually have no color patterns, but the juveniles have transverse dark bands with black edging.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 172. Reproduction: These sharks are

oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...

. The eggs will attach to

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marine plants and hatch in December. Their average size at hatching is 94 to 120 mm.

References

* * Compagno, Dando & Fowler, ''Sharks of the World'', Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 Hasselt's bamboo shark Marine fauna of Southeast Asia Hasselt's bamboo shark {{Shark-stub

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