The slender bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium indicum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans between latitudes 40° N and 10° S, and longitude 65° E and 160° E. It is harmless to humans.

The body is brownish with a number of dark spots and dashes.

It can be found on sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters.

It probably feeds on small bottom dwelling invertebrates.

[3] These sharks are oviparous (egg laying).