Necklace carpetshark
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 Range of necklace carpetshark (in blue)
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The necklace carpetshark, Parascyllium variolatum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found around Australia between latitudes 37° S and 41° S, at depths down to 180 m. Its length is up to 91 cm.
The necklace carpetshark is found on the continental shelf on sandy bottoms, rocky reefs, beds of kelp, and in seagrass beds. Details of its ecology are, however, virtually unknown.
Coloration is dark greyish to chocolate-brown with an unmistakable, highly variable pattern of a broad, dark, white-spotted collar over the gills, obvious black spots on all fins, and dark blotches and dense white spots on the body.
Reproduction is oviparous.
[edit] References
- "Parascyllium variolatum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
