Author: Gill, 1862
Diagnostic Features:
Snout relatively short, thick, and broadly rounded, head narrow and cylindrical, back not humped over gills and pectoral bases; no barbels on throat; eyes slitlike; tooth counts 37 to 54/33 to 49 in adults. Pectoral fins thick, muscular, and rather small, their anterior margins much less than head length and distance between pectoral and pelvic bases. Colour pattern of light or dark spots present, sometimes with dark saddles, black blotches, and collar markings around gills.
Remarks:
The present arrangement of the species of Parascyllium follows Whitley (1940) in most details. However, after examining specimens of Parascyllium multimaculatum I do not recognize the subgenus Neoparascyllium for this species as it differs little from P. ferrugineum and P. collare except in colour pattern. Its differences are best ranked as interspecific rather than subgeneric.