Bluegray carpetshark

Taxobox
name = Bluegrey carpetshark
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Orectolobiformes
familia = Brachaeluridae
genus = "Heteroscyllium"
species = "H. colcloughi"
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range_map_caption = Range of the bluegrey carpetshark (in blue)
binomial = "Heteroscyllium colcloughi"
binomial_authority = (Ogilby, 1908)The bluegrey carpetshark, "Heteroscyllium colcloughi", is a blind shark in the family Brachaeluridae, the only member of the genus "Heteroscyllium", found in the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean endemic to Australia, between latitudes 12° S to 29° S. It reaches a length of 76 cm.

The bluegray carpetshark has a caudal fin with its upper lobe at a low angle above the body axis, with a strong terminal lobe and subterminal notch but no ventral lobe. It is a little-known shark found on the continental shelf close inshore.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

ee also

* List of sharks

References

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