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s 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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Species

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Parascyllium collare The collared carpetshark (''Parascyllium collare'') is a poorly understood species of carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters of eastern Australia between latitudes 26°S and 38°S. It is typically found in depth near ...

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

Parascyllium elongatum The elongate carpet shark (''Parascyllium elongatum'') is a species of carpetshark in the family Parascylliidae. It is known from a single female specimen long, recovered from the stomach of a school shark (''Galeorhinus galeus'') caught from a ...

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, 2008 (elongate carpetshark) * ''

Parascyllium ferrugineum The rusty carpetshark (''Parascyllium ferrugineum'') is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off southern Australia between latitudes 31°S and 41°S near the ocean floor on the continental shelf. It inhabits rocky reefs and seag ...

'' McCulloch, 1911 (rusty carpetshark) * ''

Parascyllium sparsimaculatum The ginger carpetshark (''Parascyllium sparsimaculatum'') is a species of carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters of western Australia. It is a small fish at only TL in length in females and harmless to humans. Its depth ...

'' T. Goto &

, 2002 (ginger carpetshark) * ''

Parascyllium variolatum The necklace carpetshark (''Parascyllium variolatum''), also known as the varied carpetshark, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters off Australia's southern coast between latitudes 37°S and 41°S. It is found ne ...

'' A. H. A. Duméril, 1853 (necklace carpetshark)

References

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