Barbelthroat carpetshark

Barbelthroat carpetshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Parascylliidae
Genus: Cirrhoscyllium
Species: C. expolitum
Binomial name
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Range of barbelthroat carpetshark (in blue)

The barbelthroat carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium expolitum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found in the South China Sea between Luzon in the Philippines and China, between latitudes 23°N and 10°N, at depths between 180 and 190 m. Its length is up to 34 cm.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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