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Chiloscyllium burmense Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983

Burmese bamboo shark
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Myanmar country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: off Rangoon, USNM 202672 (holotype, 57.5 cm TL, male) (Ref. 13292). Also Ref. 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Howe, J. and V.G. Springer, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Burmese bambooshark, Requin-chabot birman, Bamboa birmana, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
Etymology: Chiloscyllium: cheilos (Gr.), lip, referring to membranous and broad lower lip, presumably of C. plagiosum (proposed without a species); skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish);  burmense: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Burma (Myanmar), type locality. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 29 - 33 m (Ref. 13292).   Tropical; 18°N - 14°N, 93°E - 98°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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