Parascylliidae
| Parascylliidae | |
|---|---|
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| Rusty carpetshark, Parascyllium ferrugineum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Parascylliidae T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Diversity | |
| 2 genera, 8 species, See text. | |
The Parascylliidae, or collared carpet sharks, are a family of sharks. They are only found in shallow waters of the western Pacific.
They are relatively small sharks, with the largest species reaching no more than 91 cm (3.0 ft) in adult length. They have elongated, slender, bodies, cat-like eyes, and barbels behind the chin. They feed on small fish and invertebrates.
Genera and species
The eight species of collared carpet sharks, in two genera, are:
- Genus Cirrhoscyllium H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- C. expolitum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (barbelthroat carpetshark)
- C. formosanum Teng, 1959 (Taiwan saddled carpetshark)
- C. japonicum Kamohara, 1943 (saddle carpetshark)
- Genus Parascyllium T. N. Gill, 1862
- P. collare E. P. Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 (collared carpetshark)
- P. elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008 (elongate carpetshark)
- P. ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911 (rusty carpetshark)
- P. sparsimaculatum T. Goto & Last, 2002 (ginger carpetshark)
- P. variolatum (A. H. A. Duméril, 1853) (necklace carpetshark)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Parascylliidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.