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The bluespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum, is a bamboo shark
Bamboo shark

Bamboo sharks are of the order Orectolobiformes, which contains seven families. The bambooshark family itself contains several different species, including the brownbanded bamboo shark , the grey bamboo shark and the whitespotted bamboo shark ....
 in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscylliidae

The Hemiscylliidae, also called longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks, are a family of sharks found only in shallow waters of the tropical western Pacific....
 found around Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
, between latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
s 10°N
10th parallel north

The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degree true north of the Earth equator.A section of the border between Guinea and Sierra Leone is defined by the parallel....
 and 26°S
26th parallel south

The 26th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 26 degree south of the Earth equator. It crosses through Africa, Australia and South America....
. Its length is up to 67 cm.

The bluespotted bambooshark was previously synonymized with the whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum but is now tentatively recognized as a valid separate species.

Coloration is light brown dorsally
Dorsum (biology)

In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals that walk upright....
, paler ventrally, with blue-white spots.

Reproduction is oviparous.








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The bluespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum, is a bamboo shark
Bamboo shark

Bamboo sharks are of the order Orectolobiformes, which contains seven families. The bambooshark family itself contains several different species, including the brownbanded bamboo shark , the grey bamboo shark and the whitespotted bamboo shark ....
 in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscylliidae

The Hemiscylliidae, also called longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks, are a family of sharks found only in shallow waters of the tropical western Pacific....
 found around Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
, between latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
s 10°N
10th parallel north

The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degree true north of the Earth equator.A section of the border between Guinea and Sierra Leone is defined by the parallel....
 and 26°S
26th parallel south

The 26th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 26 degree south of the Earth equator. It crosses through Africa, Australia and South America....
. Its length is up to 67 cm.

The bluespotted bambooshark was previously synonymized with the whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum but is now tentatively recognized as a valid separate species.

Coloration is light brown dorsally
Dorsum (biology)

In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals that walk upright....
, paler ventrally, with blue-white spots.

Reproduction is oviparous.

See also

  • List of sharks
    List of sharks

    Shark classificationSharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. It is a fish. The Elasmobranchii also include batoidea and skate s; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras....