Necklace carpetshark

Necklace carpetshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Parascylliidae
Genus: Parascyllium
Species: P. variolatum
Binomial name
Parascyllium variolatum
(A. H. A. Duméril, 1853)
Range of necklace carpetshark (in blue)

The necklace carpetshark, Parascyllium variolatum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found around Australia between latitudes 37°S and 41°S, at depths down to 180 m. Its length is up to 91 cm.

Reproduction is oviparous.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, June 23, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.