WoRMS taxon details
Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911
282109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282109)
accepted
Species
Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, A. R. (1911). Report on the fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour," on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part I. <em>Biological Results Endeavour.</em> [v. 1] (pt 1): 1-87, Pls. 1-16. [details]
Holotype AM E.4604, geounit Port Phillip Bay
Holotype AM E.4604, geounit Port Phillip Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282109 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
McCulloch, A. R. (1911). Report on the fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour," on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part I. <em>Biological Results Endeavour.</em> [v. 1] (pt 1): 1-87, Pls. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935) Scott, E. O. G. (1935). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes (Part II). <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 63-73, Pl. 5., available online at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14399/ [details]
original description (of Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935) Scott, E. O. G. (1935). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes (Part II). <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 63-73, Pl. 5., available online at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14399/ [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
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM E.4604, geounit Port Phillip Bay [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Tasmanian spotted catsharkTasmanian carpet sharkrusty catsharkrusty carpet sharkcat shark | [details] |
| French | requin-carpette tachetérequin-carpette roux | [details] |
| Spanish | alfombrera tasmánicaalfombrera mohosa | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parascyllium ferrugineum)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascyllium ferrugineum RAD109811-003)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascyllium ferrugineum RAD109811-004)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parascyllium ferrugineum)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascyllium ferrugineum RAD109811-003)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascyllium ferrugineum RAD109811-004)
To ITIS
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