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Elongate carpet shark

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Elongate carpet shark
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P. elongatum
Binomial name
Parascyllium elongatum
Last & Stevens, 2008

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The elongate carpet shark (Parascyllium elongatum) is a species of carpet shark in the family Parascylliidae. It is known only from a single female specimen 42.1 cm (16.6 in) long, recovered from the stomach of a school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) caught from a depth of 50 m (160 ft) off Chatham Island, Western Australia. It was described by P.R. Last and J.D. Stevens in 2008.[1]

References

  1. Last, P.R., and J.D. Stevens, 2008 [ref. 29676] Parascyllium elongatum sp. nov., a new collared carpetshark (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae) from southwestern Australia. In: Descriptions of new Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 35-38.

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