Chiloscyllium plagiosum, the whitespotted bambooshark, is a nocturnal reef-dwelling and small species (with a length of 24-37 inches). Its genome size is larger than a whale shark.

Zhang Y, Gao H, Li H, Guo J, Ouyang B, Wang M, et al. (November 2020). “The White-Spotted Bamboo Shark Genome Reveals Chromosome Rearrangements and Fast-Evolving Immune Genes of Cartilaginous Fish”. iScience. 23 (11): 101754. Bibcode:2020iSci…23j1754Z. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.101754. PMC 7677710. PMID 33251490. Nov 2, 2020

Author: Chloé Comes Arean