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Slender bambooshark
Chiloscyllium indicum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Slender bambooshark
- Scientific
- Chiloscyllium indicum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sharks
- Maximum size
- Up to about 65 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 0 to 90 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- VU · VulnerableVulnerable (VU), assessed 2020
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A slender bamboo shark, light brown with many dark spots and bars, reaching about 65 cm. It lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal waters.
In the Maldives
Listed by FishBase only as 'possibly present' in the Maldives. Sharks are fully protected in the Maldives (since 2010).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chiloscyllium-indicum.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chiloscyllium_indicum_distmap.png
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.