Overview
Family : Collared carpet sharks ; Species is likely to occur deeper, 245-435. Oviparous [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Ginger Carpet Shark, Ginger Carpetshark
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine [2].
Ecology:
This species is small (up to 79 cm total length (TL
)), but its biology
is unknown. It has been found on the upper continental slope
(245
to 435 m
) in only one location off the coast of Western Australia.
Beyond the initial
description
, no scientific data
are available
for this species.[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 10 Marine Oceanic
- 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Orectolobiformes
()
- Family:
rks; Species is likely to occur deeper,
245-435
()
- Genus:
Parascyllium
()
- Gill, 1862
- Specific name:
sparsimaculatum
- Goto & Last, 2002
- Scientific name: - Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last, 2002
- Specific name:
sparsimaculatum
- Goto & Last, 2002
- Genus:
Parascyllium
(
- Family:
rks; Species is likely to occur deeper,
245-435
(
- Order:
Orectolobiformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Parascyllium sp. A • Parascyllium sp. a Not Applicable
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Goto, T. and P.R. Last A new parascylliid species,
Parascyllium sparsimaculatum, from Western Australia (Elasmobranchii:
Orectolobiformes). Ichthyol
. Res. 49(1):15-20., 2002.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Parascyllium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. collare (Collared Carpet Shark) · P. elongatum (Elongate Carpetshark) · P. ferrugineum (Tasmanian Spotted Cat Shark) · P. multimaculatum (Tasmanian Carpetshark) · P. sparsimaculatum (Ginger Carpet Shark) · P. variolatum (Southern Collared Catshark)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Compagno, L.J.V. 2002 Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Vol. 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. FAO, Rome.
- Goto, T. and Last, P.R. 2002. A new parascylliid species, Parascyllium sparsimaculatum, from Western Australia (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes). Ichthyological Research. 49: 15-20.
- Goto, T. and P.R. Last (2002). A new parascylliid species, Parascyllium sparsimaculatum, from Western Australia (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes). Ichthyol. Res. 49(1):15-20.
- Goto, T. and P.R. Last A new parascylliid species, Parascyllium sparsimaculatum, from Western Australia (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes). Ichthyol. Res. 49(1):15-20., 2002.
- IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.iucnssg.org/.
- IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.
- Last, P.R. and Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia.
- Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Heupel, M.R. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003) 2003. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Heupel, M.R. 2003. Parascyllium sparsimaculatum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Thompson, Bruce (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3879928
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-144985
- Fishbase Species ID: 59418
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 621078
- IUCN ID: 230219
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 119984
Footnotes
- Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds (1997). Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264:1309-1315. [back]
- Heupel, M.R. 2003. Parascyllium sparsimaculatum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
