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Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837 
AphiaID: 204917

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Orectolobiformes (Order) > Hemiscylliidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Scyllium plagiosum Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Chilosycylum
Chyloscyllium
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English bamboo sharks  [details]
English lip sharks  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
Species Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
Species Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
Species Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Species Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838

Species Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 accepted as Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Species Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Species Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 accepted as Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 accepted as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Species Chiloscyllium colax (Meuschen, 1781) accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 accepted as Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
Species Chiloscyllium dolganovi Kharin, 1987 accepted as Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
Species Chiloscyllium furvum Macleay, 1881 accepted as Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Chiloscyllium fuscum Parker & Haswell, 1897 accepted as Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Chiloscyllium grisium Müller & Henle, 1838 accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Chiloscyllium hasselti Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
Species Chiloscyllium indicum (not Gmelin, 1879) accepted as Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Chiloscyllium malaianum (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Chiloscyllium margaritiferum Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Chiloscyllium modestum Günther, 1872 accepted as Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Chiloscyllium obscurum Gray, 1851 accepted as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Chiloscyllium phymatodes Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Chiloscyllium trispeculare (Richardson, 1843) accepted as Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843
Species Chiloscyllium tuberculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204917
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 10:36:30Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204917 on 2013-05-22
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