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Whitespotted bamboo shark eggs

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

Description:

A carpet shark with an adult size that approaches one metre in length This small, mostly nocturnal species is harmless to humans. The whitespotted bamboo shark is occasionally kept as a pet in larger home aquariums. It can grow up to 93 centimetres (37 in) long

Habitat:

wildlfe world zoo and aquarium

Notes:

ID could possibly be wrong

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4 Comments

the_tajminator
the_tajminator 11 years ago

thank you I'll go ahead and put that up until I know if its wrong

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Very nice this ones look like bamboo shark eggs but is hard to tell which species I will go for Whitespotted bamboo shark / Chiloscyllium plagiosum this is very popular for aquariums because is small and harmless to humans, but i can be 100% sure.

the_tajminator
the_tajminator 11 years ago

thank you...I've always found anything to do with shark incredibly interesting so I was really glad I happened to go to the zoo when they had eggs

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

amazing!

the_tajminator
Spotted by
the_tajminator

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Jul 21, 2012
Submitted on Jul 21, 2012

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