Members of this order are known as carpet sharks. The size of members in this order ranges from 1 foot to the 59-foot whale shark. They range in shape from the classic "shark" form to a thinner, more elongated form.
CARPET SHARKS
A clade of shark that has an anal fin, 5 gill slits, 2 dorsal fins (about the same size), no fin spines, and the mouth in front of the eyes.
Ginger carpet shark (Parascyllium sparsimaculatum) ' more
Necklace carpetshark (Parascyllium variolatum) ' more
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Family: Orectolobidae, Carpet Sharks view all from this family
Description To 14' (4.3 m). Elongate; grayish-brown or yellowish, darker above than below. Snout short, mouth under its tip; well-developed barbel attached to front of each nostril.
Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, the family comprises three genera each with one species.
Indonesian speckled carpet shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti)
The beautifully patterned skin of this shark has a remarkable resemblance to the coat of a leopard. Rust-brown hexagonal spots, with paler... More 1 Image 0 videos ...
Parascylliidae
(Collared carpet sharks)
Cirrhoscyllium
Barbelthroat carpetshark (C. expolitum) Â- Taiwan saddled carpetshark (C. formosanum) Â- Saddle carpetshark (C. japonicum) ...
ORECTOLOBIFORMES
whale sharks, collared carpet sharks, blind sharks, wobbegons, bamboo sharks, zebra sharks, nurse sharks
WHALE SHARK
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Order Orectolobiformes (31 marine species): collared carpet sharks, blind sharks, wobbegons, bamboo sharks, nurse sharks, zebra shark, whale shark ...
to 2 feet (60 cm)
Range:
south and east coastal waters of South Africa
Relatives:
whale shark, pajama shark, wobbegong shark; Order: Orectoloformes (carpet sharks); Family: Scyliorhindae (catsharks) ...
 See also: Shark, Whale, Whale Shark, Zebra, Barbel
  
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