Rusty carpetshark

The rusty carpetshark (Parascyllium ferrugineum) is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off southern Australia between latitudes 31°S and 41°S near the ocean floor on the continental shelf. It inhabits rocky reefs and seagrass beds 5–150 m (16–492 ft) in depth by night, hiding in caves by day. Its length is up to 80 cm (2.6 ft) TL and it feeds on crustaceans and molluscs. Reproduction is oviparous,[2] with pups being born at 17 cm (6.7 in) in length.[1]

Rusty carpetshark
Illustration of Parascyllium ferrugineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Parascylliidae
Genus: Parascyllium
Species:
P. ferrugineum
Binomial name
Parascyllium ferrugineum
McCulloch, 1911
Range of rusty carpetshark (in blue)
Synonyms

Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935

References
  1. Heupel, M.R. (2016). "Parascyllium ferrugineum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41842A68639939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41842A68639939.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Parascyllium ferrugineum" in FishBase. January 2017 version.
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0


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