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Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)

Slender bambooshark
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Thailand country information

Common names: Chalarm gob
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from off Paknam (Samut Prakan), Chantaburi Estuary, and Patani Bay (Ref. 1632); also from Tha Chin river (Samut Sakhon), Gulf of Thailand and Phuket (Ref. 37773). Regularly taken in inshore fisheries (Ref. 247). Also Ref. 13575, 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn and T. Songsirikul, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin-chabot élégant, Bamboa elegante, 印度斑竹鲨, ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Lớp phụ Cá sụn (cá mập và cá đuối) (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
Etymology: Chiloscyllium: cheilos (Gr.), lip, referring to membranous and broad lower lip, presumably of C. plagiosum (proposed without a species); skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish);  indicum: -icus (Gr.), belonging to: Indian Ocean, type locality. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Gmelin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học


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