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title: "Varied Carpetshark"
description: "Parascyllium variolatum — Fish. The necklace carpetshark (Parascyllium variolatum), also known as the varied carpetshark, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters off Australia's southern coast between latitudes 37°S and 41°S."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/varied-carpetshark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Varied Carpetshark

> Parascyllium variolatum — Fish. The necklace carpetshark (Parascyllium variolatum), also known as the varied carpetshark, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters off Australia's southern coast between latitudes 37°S and 41°S.

- Scientific name: *Parascyllium variolatum*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 192
- Wikidata: [Q31838](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31838)
- iNaturalist taxon: [108667](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108667)

## Names

- en: Varied Carpetshark
- de: Halsband-Teppichhai
- fr: Requin carpette à collier

## Countries with the most observations

AU (133)

## Summary

The necklace carpetshark (Parascyllium variolatum), also known as the varied carpetshark, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters off Australia's southern coast between latitudes 37°S and 41°S. It is found near the ocean floor over sand, rock, coral reefs, and kelp and seagrass beds at depths down to 180 m (590 ft). It is almost exclusively seen at night and spends the day hidden in caves or camouflaged on the ocean floor.
With a slender, elongated body and a maximum length of only 91.0 cm TL, it is harmless to humans. The tail is long, but difficult to tell apart from the rest of the shark…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necklace_carpetshark

## Photo

![Varied Carpetshark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/varied-carpetshark/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parascyllium_variolatum.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/varied-carpetshark?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).