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FAMILY Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862 - Bamboosharks, Epaulette Sharks [=Hemiscylliinae, Chiloscylliinae] Notes: Hemiscylliinae Gill, 1862P:407, 408 [Ref

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FAMILY Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862 - Bamboosharks, Epaulette Sharks [=Hemiscylliinae, Chiloscylliinae] Notes: Hemiscylliinae Gill, 1862P:407, 408 [Ref FAMILY Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862 - bamboosharks, epaulette sharks [=Hemiscylliinae, Chiloscylliinae] Notes: Hemiscylliinae Gill, 1862p:407, 408 [ref. 1783] (subfamily) Hemiscyllium [Gill 1893b:130 [ref. 26255] selected Hemiscylliinae over Chiloscylliinae] Chiloscylliinae Gill, 1862p:407, 408 [ref. 1783] (subfamily) Chiloscyllium GENUS Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837 - bamboosharks [=Chiloscyllium Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.], 1837:112, Synchismus Gill [T. N.], 1862:407, 408] Notes: [ref. 3067]. Neut. Scyllium plagiosum Bennett, 1830. Type by subsequent monotypy (or designated by Gill 1861:407 [ref. 4910]). Appeared without species as above and in Müller & Henle 1837:395 [ref. 13421], then apparently next in Müller & Henle in Smith 1837:85. Also appeared in Müller & Henle 1838:17 [ref. 3069]. Spelled Chyloscyllium and Cheiloscyllium in early literature. •Valid as Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837 -- (Dingerkus & Defino 1983:7 [ref. 5386], Compagno 1984:189 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:8 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:64 [ref. 5635], Kharin 1987 [ref. 6227], Cappetta 1987:72 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:89 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:165 [ref. 26323], Goto 2001:82 [ref. 25912], Compagno et al. 2005:20 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:123 [ref. 29001], Kimura 2009:7 [ref. 30426], Moore et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31771], Weigmann 2012:3 [ref. 31968], Allen et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32791], Kottelat 2013.18 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837. Hemiscylliidae. (Synchismus) [ref. 1783]. Masc. Squalus tuberculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Gill 1862:413 [ref. 4910]. •Synonym of Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837 -- (Dingerkus & DeFino 1983:7 [ref. 5386], Compagno 1984:189 [ref. 6474], Kharin 1987:364 [ref. 6227], Cappetta 1987:72 [ref. 6348], Compagno 2001:166 [ref. 26323], Goto 2001:82 [ref. 25912], Kottelat 2013.18 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle, 1837. Hemiscylliidae. Species Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, in Gubanov & Shleib, 1980 - Arabian carpetshark, confusing bambooshark, Arabian bambooshark [=Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov [E. P.], in Gubanov & Shleib, 1980:14, Figs. 6-7, Chiloscyllium confusum Dingerkus [G.] & DeFino [T. C.], 1983:9, Figs. 2, 4-7, 51, 57, 61-64] Notes: [Sharks of the Arabian Gulf; ref. 19702] Persian Gulf, Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. (confusum) [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 176 (art. 1); ref. 5386] Offshore of Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala State, India. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: India. Habitat: marine. Species Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & Defino, 1983 - Burmese bambooshark [=Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus [G.] & DeFino [T. C.], 1983:9, Figs. 3, 7, 59-60] Notes: [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 176 (art. 1); ref. 5386] Off Rangoon, 15°04'N, 95°51'E, Myanmar, Anton Bruun, cruise 1, station 41A, depth 29-33 meters. Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Myanmar. Habitat: marine. Species Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 - blue spotted bamboo shark [=Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin [J.], 1914:230] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 39; ref. 14168] Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatus Pellegrin, 1914. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Madgascar. Habitat: marine. Species Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838 - grey bambooshark [=Chiloscyllium griseum Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.], 1838:19, [Pl. 4], Chiloscyllium obscurum Gray [J. E.], 1851:35, Squalis (Scyliorhinus) unicolor Blainville [H. de], 1816:121] Notes: [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Puducherry, India; Japan. Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Arabian Sea to East Indies region, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine. (obscurum) [List of the specimens of fish in the collection of the British Museum.; ref. 4939] Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838. Hemiscylliidae. (unicolor) [Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris v. 8; ref. 306] Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838. Hemiscylliidae. Species Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852 - Hasselt's bambooshark, Indonesian bambooshark [=Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker [P.], 1852:19, Chiloscyllium dolganovi Kharin [V. E.], 1987:366, Fig. 5] Notes: [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12); ref. 333] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Indian Region. Habitat: marine. (dolganovi) [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 6227] Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam, 9°12'01"N, 104°34'06"E, depth 12 meters. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852. Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. Species Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789) - ridgeback catshark, ridgebacked bambooshark, slender bambooshark, stone shark, time teller shark, frog shark [=Squalus indicus Gmelin [J. F.], 1789:1503, Squalus caudatus Gronow [L. T.], in Gray, 1854:8, Hemiscyllium colax Fowler [H. W.], 1941:89, Squalus (Scyliorhinus) variegatus Blainville [H. de], 1816:121, Squalus colax Meuschen [F. C.], 1781, Squalus (Scyliorhinus) dentatus Blainville [H. de], 1816:121, Squalus denticulatus Shaw [G.], 1804:351, Squalus gronovianus Shaw [G.], 1804:353, Chiloscyllium phymatodes Bleeker [P.], 1852:21, Squalus tuberculatus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.], 1801:137] Notes: [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Sri Lanka to western Indonesia, north to China. Habitat: brackish, marine. (caudatus) [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian seas. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. (colax) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 13; ref. 6536] China Seas and other areas. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. (variegatus) [Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris v. 8; ref. 306] Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium colax Fowler, 1941. Hemiscylliidae. (colax) [Index to Gronovius, Zoophylacium Gronovianum; ref. 19701] Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. (dentatus) [Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris v. 8; ref. 306] Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. (denticulatus) [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] No locality. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. (gronovianus) [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Indian Seas. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. (phymatodes) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12) ref. 333] Semarang, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. (tuberculatus) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. Species Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830) - whitespotted bambooshark, bluespotted bambooshark [=Scyllium plagiosum Anonymous [Bennett [E. T.]], 1830:694, Chiloscyllium plagiosum var. interruptum Bleeker [P.], 1852:18, Chiloscyllium margaritiferum Bleeker [P.], 1863:243, Scyllium ornatum Gray [J. E.], 1830:no page number, Pl. 98 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; ref. 259] Java Sea, 5°58'S, 106°48'E, Sumatra, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830). Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and India to East Indian Region and ranging north to Japan. Habitat: marine. (interruptum) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12); ref. 333] Jakarta and Semarang, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. (margaritiferum) [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 17006] Obi Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. (ornatum) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] China seas. Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830). Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. Species Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 - brownbanded bambooshark, brownspotted catshark, grey carpetshark, spotted catshark [=Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1838:18, [Pl. 3], Scylia russelii Billberg [G. J.], 1833:51, Squalus (Scyliorhinus) russellianus
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