catshark
Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
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.
Chiloscyllium indicum
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Open encyclopedia reference
The slender bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium indicum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans between latitudes 40° N and 10° S, and longitude 65° E and 160° E. It is harmless to humans.
Wikipedia contributors, Slender bamboo shark; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:31:42.015907+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Name authority
- (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- catshark
- 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: yes · 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 indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
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 |
| Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852 | HemiscylliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackbanded bamboo sharkChiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838 | 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.
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367212 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.
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:5XSDH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.