Chiloscyllium plagiosum ';
General information
 
Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
 
 
Common nameWhitespotted bambooshark
Synonyms
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IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Galeomorphii; Galeoidea; Orectolobiformes; Hemiscylliidae.
Geographical distribution
India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; South Korea; Maldives; Vietnam; Hong Kong; Cambodia; Macau; Papua New Guinea; Madagascar
Occurrence Native: India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Maldives, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Macau
Questionable: Papua New Guinea, Madagascar
Importance
Remarks
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Karyological information
Geographical area of study Suma Aqualife Park, Kobe, Japan.
Source of chromosomes
Cell culture
Number of specimens with sex
6 (5 embryo, 1 juvenile)
Diploid chromosome number
106
Karyotype formula
50m/sm+28st+28a
Fundamental arm number
-
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
Heteromorphic XX/XY sex chromosomes identified.
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
18S–28S rRNA genes mapped to two middle-sized chromosomes and X chromosomes with secondary constrictions.
Reference(s)
Uno Y, Nozu R, Kiyatake I et al. (2020). Cell culture-based karyotyping of orectolobiform sharks for chromosome-scale genome analysis. Communications Biololy, 3: 652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01373-7.