Grey Bamboo Shark

Fascinating facts about the Grey Bamboo Shark

• The grey bamboo shark reaches a maximum length of 74 cm. As a carpet shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, it has a benthic lifestyle, staying close to the sea floor.
• Juvenile grey bamboo sharks display striking transverse dark bands across their bodies, a pattern that vanishes as they mature. Adults lose the banding and become uniformly brown, lacking any distinct coloration.
• The grey bamboo shark reproduces by laying eggs, a mode known as oviparity.
• The grey bamboo shark inhabits the Indo-West Pacific, ranging from the Arabian Sea across Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Philippines and reaching Papua New Guinea. Its range stretches between 34° N and 10° S latitude and 60° E to 150° E longitude.
• The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the grey bamboo shark as Vulnerable.

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