Animal Diversity Web

Chiloscyllium punctatum

Brown-banded bamboo shark

(Also: Grey carpet shark; Spotted catshark)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Orectolobiformes
        
        Family Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
        
        Genus Chiloscyllium
        
        Species Chiloscyllium punctatum (Brown-banded bamboo shark)