Parascyllium

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Parascyllium Higher classification Parascylliidae Order Carpet shark		Family Parascylliidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus Subclass Elasmobranchii

Lower classifications Necklace carpetshark, Rusty carpetshark, Collared carpetshark, Elongate carpet shark, Ginger carpetshark

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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