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Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008

Elongate carpet shark
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Common names: Elongate carpet shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, near Chatham Island, Western Australia, CSIRO H 2508-01 (holotype of Parascyllium elongatum, 42.1 TL, female). Known only from the holotype taken from a stomach of a school shark collected at 50 m depth (Ref. 76938).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 2008
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Common names from other countries

Sale pardhai, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks)
Etymology: Parascyllium: para (Gr.), near, i.e., presumed to be related to Scyliorhinus (now in Scyliorhinidae): skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish);  elongatum: Latin for prolonged, referring to distinctive, elongate body shape. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Last & Stevens.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 76938).   Subtropical

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