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Cirrhoscyllium

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Cirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.

Species

クラカケザメ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassElasmobranchii
  4. OrderOrectolobiformes
  5. FamilyParascylliidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded86

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Parascylliidae
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Cirrhoscyllium japonicum nagoya.jpg
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Commons category
Cirrhoscyllium
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Cirrhoscyllium
topic's main category
Category:Cirrhoscyllium
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Cirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.

Species in the genus Cirrhoscyllium have throat barbels which are believed to act as tactile sensory organ, detecting movement or changes in water flow.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cirrhoscyllium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.