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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks)
Etymology: Parascyllium: para (Gr.), near, i.e., presumed to be related to Scyliorhinus (now in Scyliorhinidae): skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish); elongatum: Latin for prolonged, referring to distinctive, elongate body shape. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Last & Stevens.

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Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 76938). Subtropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.1 cm TL (female)

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This species is characterized by a very long, slender body (depth 18.5 in length); very small head (length less than 13% TL); small eye (eye length less than 8% of head length); small pectoral fins (anterior margin ca. 8% TL); dorsal fins small, low, with narrowly rounded apices; body color greyish with darker bands separated by slightly diagonal, vertical rows of white spots; no dark collar-like marking over gill region (Ref. 76938).

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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 2008. Parascyllium elongatum sp. nov., a new collared carpetshark (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae) from Southwestern Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76938)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 23 April 2015

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5352 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).

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