Cirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.
| Cirrhoscyllium | |
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| Saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Parascylliidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhoscyllium H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 |
Species in the genus Cirrhoscyllium have throat barbels which are believed to act as tactile sensory organ, detecting movement or changes in water flow.[1]
Species
edit- Cirrhoscyllium expolitum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (barbelthroat carpetshark)
- Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959 (Taiwan saddled carpetshark)
- Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943 (saddle carpetshark)
References
edit- ^ Goto, T.; Nakaya, K.; Amaoka, K. (1994). "Morphology of throat barbels of Cirrhoscyllium japonicum (Elasmobranchii, Parascylliidae), with comments on function and homology". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 41 (2).
Sources
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cirrhoscyllium". FishBase. February 2011 version.
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