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Cirrhoscyllium
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Cirrhoscyllium

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.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Taiwan Saddled Carpetshark

speciesCirrhoscyllium formosanum

Saddled Carpetshark

speciesCirrhoscyllium japonicum

Barbelthroat Carpetshark

speciesCirrhoscyllium expolitum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87496.