''Parascyllium'' is a

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of carpetsharks in the family

Parascylliidae Parascylliidae, or the collared carpet sharks, is a family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes, which are only found in shallow waters of the western Pacific. The family Parascylliidae contains two genera, '' Cirrhoscyllium'' and '' Parascyl ...

. Species in this genus are

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in waters around

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Species

* '' Parascyllium collare'' E. P. Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 (collared carpetshark) * '' Parascyllium elongatum''

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& Stevens, 2008 (elongate carpetshark) * '' Parascyllium ferrugineum'' McCulloch, 1911 (rusty carpetshark) * '' Parascyllium sparsimaculatum'' T. Goto &

, 2002 (ginger carpetshark) * '' Parascyllium variolatum'' A. H. A. Duméril, 1853 (necklace carpetshark)

References

Parascylliidae Shark genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Shark-stub