Chiloscyllium burmensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	CHONDRICHTHYES	ORECTOLOBIFORMES	HEMISCYLLIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chiloscyllium burmensis

Species Authority:

Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983

Common Name/s:

English	–	Burmese Bambooshark
French	–	Chabot Birman
Spanish	–	Bamboa Birmana

Taxonomic Notes:

Only one specimen (the holotype) is known which is a 57 cm TL adult male. This genus of sharks needs to be revised in the region. Many of the characters used to distinguish the species vary remarkably intraspecifically. Thus more individuals of this species are required to confirm its validity.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2009
Assessor/s:	White, W.T.
Reviewer/s:	Stevens, J.D., Valenti, S.V. & Fowler, S.L. (Shark Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Only one specimen of Burmese Bambooshark (Chiloscyllium burmensis) is known (an adult male 57 cm total length). This genus of sharks needs to be revised in the region. Many of the characters used to distinguish the species vary remarkably intraspecifically. Thus, more individuals of this species are required to confirm its validity. As such it cannot be assessed beyond Data Deficient at present.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Northeast Indian Ocean: Myanmar (Compagno 2001).
Countries:	Native: Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland))
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – eastern
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Population [top]

Population:	Only one known specimen, collected off Rangoon/Yangon (Compagno 2001).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat and biology are virtually unknown. Eats small bony fish. The one known specimen is an adult male measuring 57 cm TL (Compagno 2001).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown, but presumably utilized in local fisheries (Compagno 2001). Myanmar has a demersal trawl fleet for shrimp and finfish (Flewwelling and Hosch 2006). This species would be vulnerable to this fishery and perhaps others in the area but no data are available. Little information is available on fisheries operating off Myanmar (Flewwelling and Hosch 2006).

Major Threat(s):

Unknown, but presumably utilized in local fisheries (Compagno 2001). Myanmar has a demersal trawl fleet for shrimp and finfish (Flewwelling and Hosch 2006). This species would be vulnerable to this fishery and perhaps others in the area but no data are available. Little information is available on fisheries operating off Myanmar (Flewwelling and Hosch 2006).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None in place.

Conservation Actions:

None in place.

Bibliography [top]

	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, Rome. Flewwelling, P. and Hosch, G. 2006.. review: Myanmar. In: In: Young, C. D. (ed.) (ed.), Review of the state of world marine capture fisheries management: Indian Ocean,, pp. 155-162.. FAO,, Rome. IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).

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, Rome.

Flewwelling, P. and Hosch, G. 2006.. review: Myanmar. In: In: Young, C. D. (ed.) (ed.), Review of the state of world marine capture fisheries management: Indian Ocean,, pp. 155-162.. FAO,, Rome.

IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).

Citation:	White, W.T. 2009. Chiloscyllium burmensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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