Scientific Name: Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
English Name: Brownbanded bamboo shark, Brown Spotted Cat shark
Local/Bangla Name: Bilai hangor (বিলাই হাঙ্গর)
Photo: Uddin et al. (2022)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Description:
Snout is rounded anteriorly. Dorsal fin large and angular. Anal fin base much shorter than base of lower caudal fin lobe. Interdorsal or predorsal ridges are absent. Color: Light brown in adults, usually without a colour pattern, but young with broad dark transverse bars and usually a scattering of small blackish spots, bars not prominently edged with black.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reefs, tidepools, tidal flats, reef
faces. Probably also on soft bottom offshore to at
least 85 m. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
References:
Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.
Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp
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