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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
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur ? - 50 m (Ref. 76938). Subtropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.1 cm TL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
This species is characterized by a very long, slender body (depth 18.5 in length); very small head (length less than 13% TL); small eye (eye length less than 8% of head length); small pectoral fins (anterior margin ca. 8% TL); dorsal fins small, low, with narrowly rounded apices; body color greyish with darker bands separated by slightly diagonal, vertical rows of white spots; no dark collar-like marking over gill region (Ref. 76938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 2008. Parascyllium elongatum sp. nov., a new collared carpetshark (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae) from Southwestern Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76938)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5352 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).