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The Burmese bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium burmensis'', is an extremely rare bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae. Only one single specimen is known to science. It was caught 1963 off the coast from Rangoon in Burma in a depth of 29 – 33 m. This holotype is an adult male, 57 cm long and kept in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.〔Howe JC and Springer "VG Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii)" SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY Number 540, 1993〕 Features: No color pattern. Dorsal fin has straight rear margins.〔Compagno, Leonard. "Sharks of the world." Shark Research Center Iziko-Museums of Cape Town. NO. 1. Vol 2. Cape Town South Africa: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, 2002. Pg 169.〕 Food: Small bony fish or invertebrates.〔Compagno, Leonard. "Sharks of the world." Shark Research Center Iziko-Museums of Cape Town. NO. 1. Vol 2. Cape Town South Africa: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, 2002. Pg 169.〕 Reproduction is presumed to be oviparous (egg laying). ==See also== *List of sharks 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burmese bamboo shark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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