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Bluegrey carpetshark
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Chondrichthyes;
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii;
Order:	Orectolobiformes;
Family:	Brachaeluridae;
Genus:	Heteroscyllium;
Species:	H. colcloughi;
Binomial name
	Heteroscyllium colcloughi; (Ogilby, 1908)
	Range of the bluegrey carpetshark (in blue)

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The bluegrey carpetshark, or Coclough's shark (Heteroscyllium colcloughi) is a blind shark in the family Brachaeluridae, the only member of the genus Heteroscyllium, found in the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean endemic to Australia, between latitudes 12° S to 29° S. It reaches a length of 76 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

[edit] See also

"Heteroscyllium colcloughi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. may 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.