Orectolobiformes, also known as carpet sharks, are a diverse of sharks characterized for having two dorsal fins, five gill slits, and relatively short mouths. Several species have barbels and some have intricate carpet-like patterns, which give this order its nickname. Orectolobiformes range in size from just over 30 cm, like some species of @carpet shark, to the whale shark, the largest fish in the ocean, which can be up to 14 m long.
Family: Orectolobidae | Genus: Orectolobus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
The network wobbegong is a newly discovered carpet shark species found around Western and Northern Australia. It is very similar to the northern wobbegong, and had been thought to be the same species. They’re one of the members of the… read more.
Family: Orectolobidae | Genus: Orectolobus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Northern wobbegong shark is a reef-associated tropical carpet shark found in the Western Central Pacific, usually in shallow waters across northern Australia. Biology and Behaviour: The Northern wobbegong shark is a small broad shark with a marks on… read more.
Family: Orectolobidae | Genus: Orectolobus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Ornate wobbegong shark is a common carpet shark found in tropical waters, in algal-covered rocky areas and coral reefs. This species is native to the Indo-Pacific, from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea and south to Australia. Biology and… read more.
Family: Ginglymostomatidae | Genus: Ginglymostoma | Species: Ginglymostoma Unami | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
The Ginglymostoma Unami, also known as the Pacific Nurse Shark, is a nurser shark that belongs to the Ginglymostomatidae family. This shark is found in the southeastern coast of Baja California, Mexico and Costa Rica including the Gulf of California…. read more.
Family: Hemiscylliidae | Genus: Hemiscyllium | Species: Hemiscyllium hallstromi | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Vulnerable
Intro: Papuan Epaulette sharks reef-associated sharks found in shallow tropical waters of the Western South Pacific Ocean. The Papuan Epaulette shark is commonly found on seagrass beds and occasional rock and coral outcrops. They are vulnerable to threats in the… read more.
Family: Parascylliidae | Genus: Parascyllium | Species: Parascyllium ferrugineum | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
Rusty Carpetsharks are endemic to the southern coast of Australia in the Eastern Indian Ocean at depths between 5 to 150 m (16–492 ft) underwater. They live near the bottom or inshore near rocks and river mouths. They are nocturnal… read more.
Family: Parascylliidae | Genus: Cirrhoscyllium | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
Also known as the Saddled Carpetshark, this rare, poorly-known shark species is native to temperate waters of the northwest Pacific. They can be found on the uppermost slopes at 250-290 metres (820–951 ft) in southwest Japan (Shikoku and Kyushu to… read more.
Family: Ginglymostomatidae | Genus: Pseudoginglymostoma | Species: Pseudoginglymostoma Brevicaudatum | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Critically Endangered
The Short-tail nurse shark is an inshore bottom-dwelling shark found in shallow water and reefs Tropical waters. These sharks are native to the Western Indian Oceans commonly found around East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and possibly Mauritius and Seychelles. They… read more.
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