Sealife guideThe Orectolobiformes orderThe taxonomy of marine species

Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

The order Orectolobiformes includes sharks called carpet sharks, often seen resting on the sea floor or camouflaged among reefs, and also includes the largest shark species in the world: the whale shark.

Blind shark
(Brachaelurus waddi)

Nurse shark
(Ginglymostoma cirratum)

Tawny nurse shark
(Nebrius ferrugineus)

Brownbanded bamboo shark
(Chiloscyllium punctatum)

Raja epaulette shark
(Hemiscyllium freycineti)

Japanese wobbegong
(Orectolobus japonicus)

Ornate wobbegong
(Orectolobus ornatus)

Spotted wobbegong
(Orectolobus maculatus)

Tasselled wobbegong
(Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

Whale shark
(Rhincodon typus)

Zebra shark
(Stegostoma fasciatum)

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