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Scientific Name: Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
Synonym: Chiloscyllium burmense (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Burmese bamboo shark, Spottail Sleeper Ray
Local/Bangla Name: Muichya hangor (মুইছা হাঙ্গর), Tot tang (টট ট্যাং)
Photo: Hossain et al. (2020)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Description:
Eyes small, less than 1.3% of total length; distance from vent to tail tip more than 67% of TL; prepectoral length less than 6.3 in TL; snout to vent length less than 3.2 in TL; dorsal fins with straight or convex posterior margins. Body colour pattern absent in adult male, juvenile colour pattern unknown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
Haque AB, Hasan SJ, Hossain N, Khan S, Rahman S, Karim E (2023) Elasmobranch Fishery in Bangladesh (ed. Yahia Mahmud), Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, 144 p.
