Saddle carpetshark
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Parascylliidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhoscyllium |
| Species: | C. japonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943
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| Range of saddle carpetshark (in blue) | |
The saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum) is a carpet shark of the family Parascylliidae found around Japan, between latitudes 35°N and 24°N, at depths between 250 and 290 m (820 and 950 ft). The saddle carpetshark is known to grow up to 49 cm (19 in) in length, and it is an oviparous.
References
[edit]- ^ Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Cirrhoscyllium japonicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161606A124513884. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161606A124513884.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrhoscyllium japonicum". FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V.; Dando, Marc; Fowler, Sarah L. (2005). Sharks of the World (illustrated ed.). New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.