Necklace carpetshark
| Necklace carpetshark | |
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| 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.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Parascyllium variolatum" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Fowler, Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando, Sarah (2005). Sharks of the world. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.