Cirrhoscyllium
Sign in to saveCirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.
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It sits within the topics Cirrhoscyllium, Parascylliidae and Shark genera.
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Species
クラカケザメ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderOrectolobiformes
- FamilyParascylliidae
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- Parent taxon
- Parascylliidae
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- Cirrhoscyllium japonicum nagoya.jpg
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Cirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.
Species in the genus Cirrhoscyllium have throat barbels which are believed to act as tactile sensory organ, detecting movement or changes in water flow.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cirrhoscyllium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.