This article is about the order Orectolobiformes. For the Draughtsboard Shark endemic to New Zealand, see Draughtsboard shark. 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 sharks, such as the nurse sharks and whale shark, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark. Carpet sharks have two dorsal fins, without spines, and a small mouth that is forward of the eyes. Many have barbels and small gill slits, 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. [edit] Classification The order is small, with only around 40 species in seven families in 13 genera: Order Orectolobiformes - Family Brachaeluridae (Blind sharks)
- Family Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks)
- Genus Ginglymostoma
- Genus Nebrius
- Genus Pseudoginglymostoma (proposed family Pseudoginglymostomatidae)
- Family Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
- Genus Chiloscyllium
- Arabian carpetshark, Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
- Burmese bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
- Bluespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914
- Grey bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Hasselt's bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
- Slender bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
- Whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830)
- Brownbanded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
- Genus Hemiscyllium
- Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Hemiscyllium galei Allen & Erdmann, 2008[2]
- Papuan epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
- Hemiscyllium henryi Allen & Erdmann, 2008[2]
- Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- Hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
- Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843
- Family Orectolobidae (Carpet sharks)
- Genus Eucrossorhinus
- Genus Orectolobus
- Floral banded wobbegong, Orectolobus floridus Last & Chidlow, 2008
- Banded or Gulf wobbegong, Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940.[4]
- Western wobbegong, Orectolobus hutchinsi Last, Chidlow & Compagno, 2006.[5]
- Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906 [6]
- Spotted wobbegong , Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [7]
- Ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883) [8]
- Dwarf spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus parvimaculatus Last & Chidlow, 2008
- Network wobbegong, Orectolobus reticulatus Last, Pogonoski & White, 2008
- Northern wobbegong, Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939 [9]
- Genus Sutorectus
- Family Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks)
- Genus Cirrhoscyllium Smith & Radcliffe in Smith , 1913
- Genus Parascyllium Gill , 1862
- Collared carpetshark, Parascyllium collare Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 [7]
- Elongate carpetshark, Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008 [8]
- Rusty carpetshark, Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911 [9]
- Ginger carpetshark, Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last, 2002 [10]
- Necklace carpetshark, Parascyllium variolatum (Duméril, 1853) [11]
- Family Rhincodontidae (Whale sharks)
- Family Stegostomatidae (Zebra sharks)
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