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Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last, 2002

Sparsely spotted carpetshark
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Australia country information

Common names: Ginger carpetshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, off Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia (Ref. 41629).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Goto, T. and P.R. Last, 2002
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Common names from other countries

Ginger carpetshark, Hõretäpp-pardhai, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > 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);  sparsimaculatum: sparsus (L.), sparse or few; maculatum (L.), spotted, referring to relatively larger (and hence fewer) spots than congeners. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Goto & Last.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 204 - 245 m (Ref. 41629).   Deep-water

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