Carpet shark
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Parascyllidae (collared carpet sharks) |
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. The order is small, with only 31 species in seven genera.
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.
Classification
Family Parascylliidae
- Cirrhoscyllium
- Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (Barbelthroat carpetshark) [1]
- Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959 (Taiwan saddled carpetshark ) [2]
- Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943 (Saddled carpetshark) [3]
- Parascyllium
- Parascyllium collare Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 (Collared carpetshark ) [4]
- Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911 (Rusty carpetshark) [5]
- Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last, 2002 () [6]
- Parascyllium variolatum (Duméril, 1853) ( Necklace carpetshark ) [7]
Family Brachaeluridae
- Brachaelurus
- Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blind shark) [8]
- Heteroscyllium
- Heteroscyllium colcloughi (Ogilby, 1908) (Bluegrey carpetshark) [9]
Family Orectolobidae
- Eucrossorhinus
- Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (Bleeker, 1867) (Tasselled wobbegong) [10]
- Orectolobus
- Orectolobus dasypogon (Bleeker, 1867) (Tasselled wobbegong ) [11]
- Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906 (Japanese wobbegong) [12]
- Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Spotted wobbegong ) [13]
- Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883) (Ornate wobbegong) [14]
- Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939 (Northern wobbegong) [15]
- Sutorectus
- Sutorectus tentaculatus (Peters, 1864) (Cobbler wobbegong) [16]
Family Hemiscylliidae
- Chiloscyllium
- Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980 (Arabian carpetshark) [17]
- Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 (Burmese bambooshark) [18]
- Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914 (Bluespotted bambooshark) [19]
- Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838 (Grey bambooshark ) [20]
- Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852 (Indonesian bambooshark) [21]
- Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789) (Slender bambooshark) [22]
- Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830) (Whitespotted bambooshark) [23]
- Hemiscyllium
- Hemiscyllium freycineti (Bennett, 1830) (Indonesian speckled carpetshark) [24]
- Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967 (Papuan epaulette shark) [25]
- Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Epaulette shark) [26]
- Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967 (Hooded carpetshark) [27]
- Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843 (Speckled carpetshark) [28]
Family Ginglymostomatidae
- Ginglymostoma
- Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) [29]
- Nebrius
- Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831) (Tawny nurse shark or giant sleepy shark) [30]
- Pseudoginglymostoma
- Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Günther, 1867) (Shorttail nurse shark) [31]
Family Rhincodontidae
- Rhincodon
- Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 (Whale shark) [32]
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