| Rusty 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. ferrugineum |
| Binomial name | |
| Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911 |
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| Range of rusty carpetshark (in blue) | |
The rusty carpetshark, Parascyllium ferrugineum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off southern Australia, between latitudes 31°S and 41°S, at depths of between 5 and 150 m. Its length is up to 80 cm.
Reproduction is oviparous.