Cirrhoscyllium
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Genus of sharks
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| Saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Parascylliidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhoscyllium H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 |
Cirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.
Species in the genus Cirrhoscyllium have throat barbels which are believed to act as tactile sensory organ, detecting movement or changes in water flow.[1]
Species[edit]
- Cirrhoscyllium expolitum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (barbelthroat carpetshark)
- Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959 (Taiwan saddled carpetshark)
- Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943 (saddle carpetshark)
References[edit]
- ^ Goto, T.; Nakaya, K.; Amaoka, K. (1994). "Morphology of throat barbels of Cirrhoscyllium japonicum (Elasmobranchii, Parascylliidae), with comments on function and homology". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 41 (2).
Sources[edit]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cirrhoscyllium in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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