- Collared carpetshark
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Collared carpetshark Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Orectolobiformes Family: Parascylliidae Genus: Parascyllium Species: P. collare Binomial name Parascyllium collare
E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1888Range of collared carpetshark (in blue) The collared carpetshark, Parascyllium collare, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off eastern Australia, between latitudes 26°S and 38°S, at depths of between 20 and 160 m. Its length is up to 85 cm.
Reproduction is oviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Parascyllium collare" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Parascylliidae
- Fish of Australia
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