CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Elasmobranchii (class)  »  Orectolobiformes (order)  »  Parascylliidae (family)

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Image by: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) Rights: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Family: 37 13 Parascylliidae (Collar Carpetsharks) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Varied Carpetshark Common Names List: varied carpet shark varied catshark Organism Type: a collar carpet shark Synonyms: Parascyllium nuchalis McCoy, 1874 (a junior synonymn of P. variolatum) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 013907     Parascyllium spp. Previous Codes (if any): 013004

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [61] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 1 to 180 m.

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Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)