Carpet Sharks
Orectolobiformes
Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets) is used interchangeably with "wobbegong", which is the common name of sharks in the family Orectolobidae. Carpet sharks have five gill slits, two spineless dorsal fins, and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes. Many species have barbels.
7 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 46 known species
Nurse Sharks
familyGinglymostomatidae
Wobbegongs
familyOrectolobidae
Whale Sharks
familyRhincodontidae
Bamboo Sharks
familyHemiscylliidae
Zebra Sharks
familyStegostomatidae
Blind Sharks
familyBrachaeluridae
Collared Carpet Sharks
familyParascylliidae
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49967.