FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1242 Sharks
List of species occurring in the area
The symbol is given when species accounts are included.
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith and Radcliffe, 1913
Parascyllium collare Ramsay and Ogilby, 1888
References
Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of
shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop., (125)Vol.4.Pt.1:249 p.
Goto, T. and K. Nakaya. 1996. Revision of the genus Cirrhoscyllium, with the designation of a neotype for C. japonicum
(Elasmobranchii, Parascylliidae). Ichthyol. Res., 43(3):199-209.
Last, P. and J.D. Stevens. 1993. Sharks and rays of Australia. Australia, CSIRO, 513 p.
Ogilby, J.D. and A.R. McCulloch. 1908. A revision of the Australian Orectolobidae. J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W., 42:264-299.
Regan, C.T. 1908. A revision of the sharks of the family Orectolobidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908:347-364.
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith and Radcliffe, 1913
En - Barbelthroat carpetshark; Fr - Requin carpette à moustache; Sp - Alfombrera barbuda.
Maximum total length at least 33.5 cm. A little-known tropical shark of the continental shelf, offshore
on or near the bottom at a depth of 180 m. Probably oviparous, but eggs are not known; food habits
unknown. Interest to fisheries unknown. In the China Sea between Luzon, Philippines, and China.
Parascyllium collare Ramsay and Ogilby, 1888
En - Collared carpetshark; Fr - Requin carpette à collarette; Sp - Alfombrera collareja.
Maximum total length about 86 cm. A common but little-known temperate-water shark of the
continental shelf, on or near rock reefs and on firm bottom at depths from 20 to 160 m. Oviparous.
Probably of minor interest to fisheries, although commonly taken by bottom trawlers and sometimes
with line gear. Western South Australia from Victoria to southern Queensland.
(after Last and Stevens, 1994)