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The order Orectolobiformes, also collectively known as the carpet sharks because many members have carpet-like patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of shark
Shark

Sharks are a type of fish with a full Cartilage skeleton and a highly Streamlines, streaklines and pathlinesd body. They respire with the use of five to seven gill slits....
s, such as the nurse sharks
Nurse sharks

Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan distribution carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean, the family comprises three genera each with one species....
 and whale shark
Whale shark

The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow moving filter feeder shark that is the largest living fish species. It can grow up to 12.2 m. in length and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes ....
, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark
Blind shark

The blind shark, Brachaelurus waddi, is one of two species in the family Brachaeluridae, and the only member of the genus Brachaelurus....
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Carpet sharks have two dorsal fin
Dorsal fin

A wikt:dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of some fish, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, as well as the ichthyosaurs. Its main purpose is to stabilize the animal against rolling and assist in sudden turns....
s, without spines, and a small mouth that is forward of the eyes. Many have barbel
Barbel (anatomy)

A barbel on a fish is a slender, whiskerlike tactile organ near the mouth. Fish that have barbels include the catfish, the carp, the goatfish, sturgeon, and some species of shark....
s and small gill slit
Gill slit

Gill slits are gills with individual openings rather than an outer cover. Cartilaginous fish such as sharks, Batoidea, sawfish, and guitarfish all have gill slits....
s, with the fifth slit overlapping the fourth.






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The order Orectolobiformes, also collectively known as the carpet sharks because many members have carpet-like patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of shark
Shark

Sharks are a type of fish with a full Cartilage skeleton and a highly Streamlines, streaklines and pathlinesd body. They respire with the use of five to seven gill slits....
s, such as the nurse sharks
Nurse sharks

Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan distribution carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean, the family comprises three genera each with one species....
 and whale shark
Whale shark

The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow moving filter feeder shark that is the largest living fish species. It can grow up to 12.2 m. in length and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes ....
, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark
Blind shark

The blind shark, Brachaelurus waddi, is one of two species in the family Brachaeluridae, and the only member of the genus Brachaelurus....
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Carpet sharks have two dorsal fin
Dorsal fin

A wikt:dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of some fish, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, as well as the ichthyosaurs. Its main purpose is to stabilize the animal against rolling and assist in sudden turns....
s, without spines, and a small mouth that is forward of the eyes. Many have barbel
Barbel (anatomy)

A barbel on a fish is a slender, whiskerlike tactile organ near the mouth. Fish that have barbels include the catfish, the carp, the goatfish, sturgeon, and some species of shark....
s and small gill slit
Gill slit

Gill slits are gills with individual openings rather than an outer cover. Cartilaginous fish such as sharks, Batoidea, sawfish, and guitarfish all have gill slits....
s, with the fifth slit overlapping the fourth. The upper lobe of the caudal fin tends to be mostly in line with the body, while the lower lobe is poorly developed, except in the case of the whale shark. While many in the order are small, the whale shark is the largest living fish.

Classification

The order is small, with only 39 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 in seven families
Family

Family denotes a group of people affiliated by a common ancestry, affinity or co-residence. Although the concept of consanguinity originally referred to relations by "blood," some cultural anthropology have argued that one must understand the idea of "blood" metaphorically, and that many societies understand 'family' through other concepts r...
 in 13 genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
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Order Orectolobiformes
  • Family Brachaeluridae
    Brachaeluridae

    The Brachaeluridae, or blind sharks, are a small family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes. There are only two species of blind shark, both of which are native to shallow coastal waters up to depth, off the eastern coast of Australia....
     (Blind sharks)
    • Genus Brachaelurus
      • Blind shark
        Blind shark

        The blind shark, Brachaelurus waddi, is one of two species in the family Brachaeluridae, and the only member of the genus Brachaelurus....
        , Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
    • Genus Heteroscyllium
      • Bluegray carpetshark
        Bluegray carpetshark

        The bluegrey carpetshark, or Coclough's shark 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 12th parallel south to 29th parallel south....
        , Heteroscyllium colcloughi (Ogilby, 1908)
  • Family Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks)
    • Genus Ginglymostoma
      • Nurse shark
        Nurse shark

        The nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, is a shark in the nurse sharks family, the only member of its genus Ginglymostoma. Nurse sharks can reach a length of 4.3 m and a weight of 330 lbs ....
        , Ginglymostoma cirratum Bonnaterre
        Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre

        Abb? Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre was a France natural history who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects to the Tableau encyclop?dique et m?thodique....
        , 1788
    • Genus Nebrius
      • Tawny nurse shark
        Tawny nurse shark

        The tawny nurse shark or giant sleepy shark, Nebrius ferrugineus, is a nurse shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae, the only member of the genus Nebrius....
        , Nebrius ferrugineus Lesson, 1831
    • Genus Pseudoginglymostoma (proposed family Pseudoginglymostomatidae)
      • Short-tail nurse shark, Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum Günther
        Albert C. L. G. Günther

        Albrecht Karl Ludwig Gotthilf G?nther Fellow of the Royal Society October 3, 1830 ? February 1 1914, was a Germany-born British zoologist.G?nther was born in Esslingen in Swabia ....
        , 1867
  • Family Hemiscylliidae
    Hemiscylliidae

    The Hemiscylliidae, also called longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks, are a family of sharks found only in shallow waters of the tropical western Pacific....
     (Bamboo sharks)
    • Genus Chiloscyllium
      • Arabian carpetshark
        Arabian carpetshark

        The Arabian bambooshark, Chiloscyllium arabicum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the western Indian Ocean from India, Pakistan, and the Persian Gulf between Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula, between latitudes 31st parallel north and 8th parallel south, and longitude 45th meridian east and 78th meridian east....
        , Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
      • Burmese bamboo shark
        Burmese bamboo shark

        The Burmese bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium burmensis, is an extremely rare bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, the only specimen, and holotype, being found off Rangoon in Burma, between latitudes 18th parallel north and 14th parallel south, and longitude 93rd meridian east and 98th meridian east....
        , Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
      • Bluespotted bamboo shark
        Bluespotted bamboo shark

        The bluespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Madagascar, between latitudes 10th parallel north and 26th parallel south....
        , Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914
      • Grey bamboo shark
        Grey bamboo shark

        The grey bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium griseum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans from the Arabian Sea to Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 34th parallel north and 10th parallel south, and longitude 60th m...
        , Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
      • Hasselt's bamboo shark
        Hasselt's bamboo shark

        Hasselt's bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium hasseltii, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23rd parallel north and 10th parallel north, and longitude 91st meridian east and 133rd meridian east....
        , Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
      • Slender bamboo shark
        Slender bamboo shark

        The slender bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium indicum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans from the Arabian Sea to India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the Solomon Islands, between latitudes 40th parallel north and 10th parallel south, and long...
        , Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
      • Whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830)
      • Brownbanded bamboo shark
        Brownbanded bamboo shark

        The brownbanded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific from India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, and northern Australia, between latitudes 34th parallel north and 26th parallel south, to depths of 85 ...
        , Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
    • Genus Hemiscyllium
      • Indonesian speckled carpetshark
        Indonesian speckled carpetshark

        The Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Irian Jaya in Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes Equator and 10th parallel south, to depths of 50 m....
        , Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
      • Hemiscyllium galei Allen & Erdmann, 2008
      • Papuan epaulette shark
        Papuan epaulette shark

        The Papuan epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium hallstromi, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around southern Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 7th parallel south and 10th parallel south, and longitude 144th meridian east and 146th meridian east....
        , Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
      • Hemiscyllium henryi Allen & Erdmann, 2008
      • Epaulette shark
        Epaulette shark

        The epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the western Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, possibly occurring in Malaysia, Sumatra , and the Solomon Islands between latitudes 1st parallel south and 26th parallel south, to depths of 50 m....
        , Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
      • Hooded carpetshark
        Hooded carpetshark

        The hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, between latitudes 5th parallel south and 10th parallel south, and longitude 144th meridian east and 153rd meridian east....
        , Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
      • Speckled carpetshark
        Speckled carpetshark

        The speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare, is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around northern Australia , between latitudes 8th parallel south and 22nd parallel south, and longitude 114th meridian east and 152nd meridian east....
        , Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843
  • Family Orectolobidae (Carpet sharks)
    • Genus Orectolobus
      Orectolobus

      Orectolobus is a genus of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are commonly known as wobbegongs, although this name also applies to the related genus Sutorectus....
      • Orectolobus parvimaculatus
      • Orectolobus floridus
      • Orectolobus halei
        Orectolobus halei

        Orectolobus halei, the Gulf wobbegong, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia between Southport, Queensland and Norwegian Bay, Western Australia....
         Whitley, 1940.
      • Orectolobus hutchinsi
        Orectolobus hutchinsi

        Orectolobus hutchinsi, is a recently discovered carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found off Western Australia from Coral Bay, Western Australia, near North West Cape, south to Groper Bluff, west of Bremer Bay, at depths of between 9 and 105 m....
         Last, Chidlow & Compagno, 2006.
      • Tasselled wobbegong
        Tasselled wobbegong

        The tasselled wobbegong, Orectolobus dasypogon, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia, between latitudes 1st parallel north and 23rd parallel south....
        , Orectolobus dasypogon (Bleeker, 1867)
      • Japanese wobbegong
        Japanese wobbegong

        The Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean from Japan and Korea to Viet Nam and the Philippines, between latitudes 43rd parallel north to 6th parallel north....
        , Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906
      • Spotted wobbegong
        Spotted wobbegong

        The spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean from Western Australia to southern Queensland, between latitudes 20th parallel south to 40th parallel south....
        , Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
      • Ornate wobbegong
        Ornate wobbegong

        The ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, between latitudes 1st parallel north to 40th parallel south....
        , Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883)
      • Northern wobbegong
        Northern wobbegong

        The northern wobbegong, Orectolobus wardi, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around Australia, between latitudes 9th parallel south to 26th parallel south....
        , Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939
      • Western wobbegong, Orectolobus sp. A
    • Genus Sutorectus
      • Cobbler wobbegong
        Cobbler wobbegong

        The cobbler wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus Sutorectus....
        , Sutorectus tentaculatus (Peters, 1864)
  • Family Parascylliidae
    Parascylliidae

    The Parascylliidae, or collared carpet sharks are a family of sharks. They are only found in shallow waters of the western Pacific.They are relatively small sharks, with the largest species reaching no more than in adult length....
     (Collared carpet sharks)
    • Genus Cirrhoscyllium Smith & Radcliffe in Smith , 1913
      • Barbelthroat carpetshark
        Barbelthroat carpetshark

        The barbelthroat carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium expolitum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found in the China Sea between Luzon in the Philippines and China, between latitudes 23rd parallel north and 10th parallel north, at depths of between 180 and 190 m....
        , Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
      • Taiwan saddled carpetshark
        Taiwan saddled carpetshark

        The Taiwan saddled carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium formosanum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found around Taiwan, between latitudes 28th parallel north and 21st parallel north, at depths down to 110 m....
        , Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959
      • Saddle carpetshark
        Saddle carpetshark

        The saddle carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium japonicum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found around Japan, between latitudes 35th parallel north and 24th parallel north, at depths of between 250 and 290 m....
        , Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943
    • Genus Parascyllium Gill , 1862
      • Collared carpetshark
        Collared carpetshark

        The collared carpetshark, Parascyllium collare, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off eastern Australia, between latitudes 26th parallel south and 38th parallel south, at depths of between 20 and 160 m....
        , Parascyllium collare Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888
      • Elongate carpetshark Parascyllium elognatum
      • Rusty carpetshark
        Rusty carpetshark

        The rusty carpetshark, Parascyllium ferrugineum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off southern Australia, between latitudes 31st parallel south and 41st parallel south, at depths of between 5 and 150 m....
        , Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911
      • Ginger carpetshark
        Ginger carpetshark

        The ginger carpetshark, Parascyllium sparsimaculatum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found off Western Australia, at depths of between 205 and 245 m....
        , Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last, 2002
      • Necklace carpetshark
        Necklace carpetshark

        The necklace carpetshark, Parascyllium variolatum, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae found around Australia between latitudes 37th parallel south and 41st parallel south, at depths down to 180 m....
        , Parascyllium variolatum (Duméril, 1853)
  • Family Rhincodontidae (Whale sharks)
    • Genus Rhincodon
      • Whale shark
        Whale shark

        The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow moving filter feeder shark that is the largest living fish species. It can grow up to 12.2 m. in length and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes ....
        , Rhincodon typus
  • Family Stegostomatidae (Zebra sharks)
    • Genus Stegostoma
      • Zebra shark
        Zebra shark

        The zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, is a common carpet shark of inshore Indo-Pacific waters notable for its very long caudal fin, nearly as long as its body....
        , Stegostoma fasciatum


See also

  • List of sharks
    List of sharks

    Shark classificationSharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. It is a fish. The Elasmobranchii also include batoidea and skate s; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras....


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