Rusty carpetshark

Rusty carpetshark
	Illustration of Parascyllium ferrugineum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Parascylliidae
Genus:	Parascyllium
Species:	P. ferrugineum
Binomial name
	Parascyllium ferrugineum; McCulloch, 1911
	Range of rusty carpetshark (in blue)
Synonyms
	Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935

The rusty carpetshark (Parascyllium ferrugineum) is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off southern Australia between latitudes 31°S and 41°S near the ocean floor on the continental shelf. It inhabits rocky reefs and seagrass beds 5–150 m (16–492 ft) in depth by night, hiding in caves by day. Its length is up to 80 cm (2.6 ft) TL and it feeds on crustaceans and molluscs. Reproduction is oviparous,[2] with pups being born at 17 cm (6.7 in) in length.[1]

References

Cook, S. F.; L. J. V. Compagno (2005). "Parascyllium ferrugineum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Parascyllium ferrugineum" in FishBase. January 2017 version.

Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0

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