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Taiwan saddled carpet shark
Cirrhoscyllium formosanum
- Usual depth320 m
- Water temperature27–27 °C
- Best monthsMarch
- How commonRare
Photo credit: no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
About this species
The Taiwan saddled carpetshark is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found around Taiwan, between latitudes 28°N and 21°N, at depths to 110 m. Its length is up to 39 cm.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Taiwan saddled carpetshark”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 320 m · Deepest record: 320 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–27 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Taiwan saddled carpet shark, Taiwan saddled carpetshark
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Taiwanischer Teppichhai
- Spanish
- alfombrera de Taiwan
- French
- Requin carpette chien, requin-carpette chin
- Japanese
- タイワンヒゲザメ
Other scientific names: Nebrius formosanum
Similar species
Saddled carpet sharkCirrhoscyllium japonicum
- Barbelthroat carpet shark
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum
Cat sharkParascyllium ferrugineum
Cat sharkParascyllium variolatum
- Cat shark
Parascyllium collare
- Ginger Carpetshark
Parascyllium sparsimaculatum
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 25 open-data records from 2012 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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