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Whitespotted Bamboo Shark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

Photo by CoralAvery
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small shark with brown stripes and tiny spots. Gorgeous bright, crystal blue eyes.

Habitat:

Spotted at Sea World, San Diego

Reference Links:

Whitespotted bamboo shark

Species ID Suggestions

Whitespotted bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

Reference Link
Eric Kim
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Comments (5)
nickashforth
Perhaps you would consider adding this to a mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/16075040
CoralAvery
Thanks anyway pierrewilhelmnaude. And thanks for the ID Eric Kim, it looks perfect. :)
pierrewilhelmnaude
Recently spent some time on Catalina Island and we had a swell shark in the touch tank at the lab and it sort of resembled this...The coloration is keeping me from saying it's definitely a swell shark but the patterns of Swell sharks and leopard sharks can be sort of similar... Btw I'm no shark expert, just a hunch.
CoralAvery
This is probably a species of Leopard Shark... anybody know which one?

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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California Coastal Wildlife Watch

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PublishedAugust 23, 2011

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