Barbelthroat carpetshark

Barbelthroat carpetshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Parascylliidae
Genus:	Cirrhoscyllium
Species:	C. expolitum
Binomial name
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Range of barbelthroat carpetshark (in blue)

The barbelthroat carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum) is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found in the South China Sea between Luzon in the Philippines and China, between latitudes 23°N and 10°N, at depths between 180 and 190 m. Its length is up to 34 cm.

Reproduction is oviparous.

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrhoscyllium expolitum". FishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2