:Rusty carpetshark

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| name = Rusty carpetshark

| image = FMIB 45532 Parascyllium ferrugineum.jpeg

| image_caption = Illustration of Parascyllium ferrugineum

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Heupel, M.R. |date=2016 |title=Parascyllium ferrugineum |volume=2016 |page=e.T41842A68639939 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41842A68639939.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Parascyllium

| species = ferrugineum

| authority = McCulloch, 1911

| range_map = Parascyllium ferrugineum distmap.png

| range_map_caption = Range of rusty carpetshark (in blue)

| synonyms = Parascyllium multimaculatum Scott, 1935

}}

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The rusty carpetshark (Parascyllium ferrugineum) is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off southern Australia between latitudes 31°S and 41°S near the ocean floor on the continental shelf. It inhabits rocky reefs and seagrass beds {{convert|5|-|150|m|ft|abbr=on}} in depth by night, hiding in caves by day. Its length is up to {{convert|80|cm|ft|abbr=on}} TL and it feeds on crustaceans and molluscs. Reproduction is oviparous,{{FishBase species | genus = Parascyllium | species = ferrugineum | month = January | year = 2017}} with pups being born at {{convert|17|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length.