White Spotted Bamboo Shark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

• Physical description: Slender body with dark bands and many white or bluish spots along its body
• Life span: Unknown in the wild, but lives to 25 years in captivity
• Diet: Nocturnal animals that hunt at night and eat small fish and marine invertebrates
• Fact: The females are oviparous, which means they lay eggs cases that hatch outside  of the female’s body

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