Genus of sharks
| Parascyllium | |
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| Parascyllium ferrugineum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Parascylliidae |
| Genus: | Parascyllium T. N. Gill, 1862 |
Parascyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae. Species in this genus are distributed in waters around Australia.[1]
Species
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parascyllium". FishBase. February 2011 version.
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