Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hasselt's bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium hasseltii) is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° S, and longitude 91° E and 133° E; residing inshore. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Features: Much like C. punctatum, adults usually have no color patterns, but the juveniles have transverse dark bands with black edging.
Reproduction: These sharks are oviparous. The eggs will attach to benthic marine plants and hatch in December. Their average size at hatching is 94 to 120 mm.
Wikipedia contributors, Hasselt's bamboo shark; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:18:52.580770+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1852
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Hemiscylliidae
- Genus
- Chiloscyllium
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumChondrichthyes
- classElasmobranchii
- subclassNeoselachii
- infraclassSelachii
- superorderGaleomorphi
- orderOrectolobiformes Compagno, 1973
- familyHemiscylliidae Gill, 1862
- genusChiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837
- speciesChiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chiloscyllium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Burmese bamboo sharkChiloscyllium burmense Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 | HemiscylliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 | HemiscylliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian bamboo sharkChiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980 | HemiscylliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackbanded bamboo sharkChiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838 | HemiscylliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| catsharkChiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789) | HemiscylliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluespotted bamboo sharkChiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) | HemiscylliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chiloscyllium dolganovi Kharin, 1987 Kharin, 1987 | synonym |
| Chiloscyllium hasselti Bleeker, 1852 Bleeker, 1852 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Plagiostomen van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van Het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten En Wetenschappen, v. 24 (art. 12): 1–92, Pls. 1–4. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5XSBZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.