Necklace carpetshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Parascylliidae |
Genus: | Parascyllium |
Species: | P. variolatum |
Binomial name | |
Parascyllium variolatum (A. H. A. Duméril, 1853) |
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Range of necklace carpetshark (in blue) |
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.
Reproduction is oviparous.