Chiloscyllium

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Genus of sharks

title: "Chiloscyllium" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chiloscyllium", "shark-genera", "taxa-named-by-johannes-peter-müller", "taxa-named-by-friedrich-gustav-jakob-henle"] description: "Genus of sharks" topic_path: "general/chiloscyllium" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiloscyllium" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of sharks ::

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Chiloscyllium is a genus of sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae.

This genus is distinguished by a relatively long snout with subterminal nostrils. The eyes and supraorbital ridges are hardly elevated. The mouth is closer to the eyes than to the tip of the snout, with lower labial folds usually connected across the chin by a flap of skin. The pectoral and pelvic fins are thin and not very muscular. No black hood on the head or large black spot on the side is present (though juveniles often are strongly marked with dark spots/bars).

References

References

  1. Compagno, Leonard J.V.. (1984). "Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date". [[Food and Agriculture Organization]].

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