Parascyllium

Parascyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae. Species in this genus are distributed in waters around Australia.[1]

Parascyllium
Parascyllium ferrugineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Parascylliidae
Genus: Parascyllium
T. N. Gill, 1862
Species

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Species
  • Parascyllium collare E. P. Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 (Collared carpetshark)
  • Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008 (Elongate carpetshark)
  • Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911 (Rusty carpetshark)
  • Parascyllium sparsimaculatum T. Goto & Last, 2002 (Ginger carpetshark)
  • Parascyllium variolatum A. H. A. Duméril, 1853 (Necklace carpetshark)
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Parascyllium in FishBase. February 2011 version.


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