Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Anguilliformes
Esociformes
Tetraodontiformes
Percopsiformes
Perciformes/Zoarcoidei
Saccopharyngiformes
Mugiliformes
Perciformes/Notothenioidei
Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Gonorynchiformes
Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei
Echinorhiniformes
Aulopiformes
Ovalentaria/misc
Siluriformes
Myxiniformes
Squaliformes
Heterodontiformes
Acipenseriformes
Orectolobiformes
Carangiformes
Osmeriformes
Gobiiformes
Rhinopristiformes
Lamniformes
Blenniiformes
Batrachoidiformes
Lampriformes
Alepocephaliformes
Anabantiformes

Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914

Description

Light brown dorsally, paler ventrally, with blue-white spots (Ref. 391).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Orectolobiformes

Family: Hemiscylliidae

Genus: Chiloscyllium

Species: Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914

Climate Zone

Subtropical

Location

Western Indian Ocean: confined to Madagascar. Previously synonymized with Chiloscyllium plagiosum but after comparisons have been made, this species was tentatively recognized as valid. Not in Compagno's 1999 checklist (Ref. 35766).

Biology

Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

Habitat

demersal