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Cirrhoscyllium Smith & Radcliffe 1913 cirrus, Latin for curl or tendril, referring to barbels on throat; scyllium, from skylion (Gr. σκύλιον), small dog or whelp, i.e., a small shark (sharks were derogatorily called “dogs” or “sea dogs” in ancient times)

Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith & Radcliffe 1913 Latin for varnished, referring to how the shark’s body, when dry, “glistens as though varnished, owing to the peculiar character of the dermal denticles”

Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng 1959 –anum (L.), belonging to: off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan), where it occurs

Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara 1943 -icum (L.), belonging to: Japan, referring to Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, type locality (and known only from the western North Pacific of Japan)

Parascyllium Gill 1862 pará (Gr. παρά), near, i.e., presumed to be related to Scyliorhinus (now in Scyliorhinidae); scyllium, from skylion (Gr. σκύλιον), small dog or whelp, i.e., a small shark (sharks were derogatorily called “dogs” or “sea dogs” in ancient times)

Parascyllium collare Ramsay & Ogilby 1888 Latin for iron band or chain for neck, referring to prominent dark and unspotted collar around gills

Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens 2008 Latin for prolonged, referring to distinctive, elongate body shape

Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch 1911 Latin for rust-colored, referring to dark brown spots on sides and fins

Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last 2002 sparsus (L.), sparse or few; maculatum (L.), spotted, referring to relatively larger (and hence fewer) spots than congeners

Parascyllium variolatum (Duméril 1853) Latin for spotted, referring to white spots that sprinkle body