Parascyllium
Sign in to saveParascyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae. Species in this genus are distributed in waters around Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderOrectolobiformes
- FamilyParascylliidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded2,466
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Parascylliidae
- Collections
- QVMAG, WAM, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Parascyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae. Species in this genus are distributed in waters around Australia.
==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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