WoRMS taxon details
Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
277827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277827)
accepted
Species
Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gubanov, E. P.; Schleib, N. A. (1980). Sharks of the Arabian Gulf. <em>Kuwait Ministry of Public Works, Agracultural Department, Fisheries Division.</em> 1-69 Bilingual text, Arabic and English.]. [details]
Type locality contained in Persian Gulf
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277827 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Gubanov, E. P.; Schleib, N. A. (1980). Sharks of the Arabian Gulf. <em>Kuwait Ministry of Public Works, Agracultural Department, Fisheries Division.</em> 1-69 Bilingual text, Arabic and English.]. [details]
original description (of Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983) Dingerkus, G.; DeFino, T. C. (1983). A revision of the orectolobiform shark family Hemiscyllidae (Chondrichthyes, Selachii). <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> v. 176 (art. 1): 1-94. [details]
original description (of Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983) Dingerkus, G.; DeFino, T. C. (1983). A revision of the orectolobiform shark family Hemiscyllidae (Chondrichthyes, Selachii). <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> v. 176 (art. 1): 1-94. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [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). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Found on coral reefs, lagoons, rocky shores,and mangrove estuaries, depths from 3 to 100 m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | confusing bamboo sharkArabian carpet sharkArabian bamboo shark | [details] |
| French | requin-chabot camot | [details] |
| Spanish | bamboa arábiga | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiloscyllium arabicum)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium arabicum FIN029103 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium arabicum FIN029104 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium confusum RAD109794-001) (from synonym Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium confusum RAD109794-002) (from synonym Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiloscyllium arabicum)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium arabicum FIN029103 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium arabicum FIN029104 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium confusum RAD109794-001) (from synonym Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chiloscyllium confusum RAD109794-002) (from synonym Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983)
To ITIS
