Cirrhoscyllium

Cirrhoscyllium is a genus of carpetsharks in the family Parascylliidae.

Cirrhoscyllium
Saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Parascylliidae
Genus:	Cirrhoscyllium H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Species in the genus Cirrhoscyllium have throat barbels which are believed to act as tactile sensory organ, detecting movement or changes in water flow.^[1]

Species

• Cirrhoscyllium expolitum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (barbelthroat carpetshark)
• Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959 (Taiwan saddled carpetshark)
• Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943 (saddle carpetshark)