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Parascylliidae
barbelthroat carpet shark
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum
Twin capsules remain side by side on shelf floors
barbelthroat carpet shark is a marine fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 34 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Carpet Sharks
- Family
- Parascylliidae
- Genus
- Cirrhoscyllium
- Maximum length
- 34 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: South China Sea off China to the Philippines (Luzon). Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam and Japan (off the Tanegashima Islands).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient

