WoRMS taxon details
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
280193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280193)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, H. M. (1913). The hemiscylliid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with description of a new genus from the China Sea. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.--No. 28.]. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 45 (no. 1997): 567-569, Pl. 45., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.45-1997.567 [details]
Holotype USNM 74603, geounit South China Sea
Holotype USNM 74603, geounit South China Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280193 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, H. M. (1913). The hemiscylliid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with description of a new genus from the China Sea. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.--No. 28.]. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 45 (no. 1997): 567-569, Pl. 45., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.45-1997.567 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Sin, Y. T. (2009). Age, growth and reproductive biology of whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) from Hong Kong and adjacent waters. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 74603, geounit South China Sea [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | barbelthroat carpet shark | [details] |
| French | requin-carpette á moustache | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒゲザメhigezame | [details] |
| Spanish | alfombrera barbuda | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum RAD109798-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum RAD109798-003)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum RAD109798-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum RAD109798-003)
To ITIS
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