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Whitespotted bambooshark
Chiloscyllium plagiosum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Whitespotted bambooshark
- Scientific
- Chiloscyllium plagiosum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sharks
- Maximum size
- Up to about 83 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- NT · Near ThreatenedNear Threatened (NT), assessed 2020
Description
A slender bamboo shark with dark bands and many small white spots, reaching about 83 cm. It rests in crevices on rocky and coral reefs by day and hunts fish and crustaceans at night.
In the Maldives
Sharks are fully protected in the Maldives (since 2010).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chiloscyllium-plagiosum.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chiloscyllium_plagiosum_newport.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.