Cirrhoscyllium

Cirrhoscyllium
	Saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Parascylliidae
Genus:	Cirrhoscyllium; H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Cirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.

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

Cirrhoscyllium expolitum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (barbelthroat carpetshark)
Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959 (Taiwan saddled carpetshark)
Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943 (saddle carpetshark)

References

^ 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

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cirrhoscyllium". FishBase. February 2011 version.

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[1] 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).

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