Taiwan saddled carpetshark

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Taiwan saddled carpetshark
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Parascylliidae
Genus: Cirrhoscyllium
Species:
C. formosanum
Binomial name
Cirrhoscyllium formosanum
Teng, 1959
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Range of Taiwan saddled carpetshark (in blue)

The Taiwan saddled carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium formosanum) is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found around Taiwan, between latitudes 28°N and 21°N, at depths to 110 m. Its length is up to 39 cm.

Reproduction is oviparous.

References[]

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L., Chen, X., Ebert, D.A., Herman, K., Ho, H., Hsu, H. & Zhang, J. (2020). "Cirrhoscyllium formosanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161679A124527280.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cirrhoscyllium formosanum" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Shark Life Magazine Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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