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Parascyllium

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Parascyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae. Species in this genus are distributed in waters around Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassElasmobranchii
  4. OrderOrectolobiformes
  5. FamilyParascylliidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded2,466

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
Family
Parascylliidae
Collections
QVMAG, WAM, ZMUC
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Parascylliidae
Image
Parascyllium ferrugineum.jpg
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Commons category
Parascyllium
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Parascyllium
topic's main category
Category:Parascyllium
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Encyclopedic overview

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Parascyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae. Species in this genus are distributed in waters around Australia.

==Species== Parascyllium collare E. P. Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 (collared carpetshark) Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008 (elongate carpetshark) Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911 (rusty carpetshark) Parascyllium sparsimaculatum T. Goto & Last, 2002 (ginger carpetshark) Parascyllium variolatum A. H. A. Duméril, 1853 (necklace carpetshark)

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