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The 40 Species of Carpet Sharks
Red indicates inclusion on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
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Order Orectolobiformes - Carpet Sharks
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Species
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Common Name
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Family Parascylliidae - Collared Carpetsharks
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Genus Cirroscyllium
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Cirrhoscyllium expolitum
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Barbelthroat Carpetshark
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Cirrhoscyllium formosanum
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Taiwan Saddled Carpetshark
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Cirrhoscyllium japonicum
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Saddled Carpetshark
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Genus Parascyllium
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Parascyllium collarae
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Collared Carpetshark
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Parascyllium ferrugineum
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Rusty Carpetshark
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Parascyllium sparsimaculatum
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Ginger Carpetshark
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Parascyllium variolatum
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Necklace Carpetshark
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Family Brachaeluridae - Blind Sharks
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Genus Brachaelurus
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Brachaelurus waddi
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Blind Shark
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Genus Heteroscyllium
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Heteroscyllium colcloughi
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Bluegrey Carpetshark
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Family Orectolobidae - Wobbegongs
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Genus Eucrossorhinus
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Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
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Tasselled Wobbegong
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Genus Orectolobus
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Orectolobus floridus
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Floral Banded Wobbegong
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Orectolobus halei
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Gulf Wobbegong
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Orectolobus hutchinsi
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Western Wobbegong
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Orectolobus japonicus
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Japanese Wobbegong
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Orectolobus maculatus
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Spotted Wobbegong
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Orectolobus ornatus
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Ornate Wobbegong
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Orectolobus parvimaculatus
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Dwarf Spotted Wobbegong
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Orectolobus wardi
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Northern Wobbegong
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Orectolobus sp.
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False Cobbler Wobbegong (Western Australia)
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Genus Sutorectus
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Sutorectus tentaculatus
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Cobbler Wobbegong
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Family Hemiscylliidae - Bamboo Sharks
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Genus Chiloscyllium
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Chiloscyllium arabicum
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Arabian Carpetshark
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Chiloscyllium burmensis
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Burmese Bambooshark
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Chiloscyllium griseum
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Grey Bambooshark
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Chiloscyllium hasselti
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Indonesian Bambooshark
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Chiloscyllium indicum
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Slender Bambooshark
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Chiloscyllium plagiosum
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Whitespotted Bambooshark
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Chiloscyllium punctatum
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Brownbanded Bambooshark
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Genus Hemiscyllium
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Hemiscyllium freycineti
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Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark
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Hemiscyllium hallstromi
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Papuan Epaulette Shark
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Hemiscyllium ocellatum
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Epaulette Shark
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Hemiscyllium strahani
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Hooded Carpetshark
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Hemiscyllium trispeculare
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Speckled Carpetshark
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Hemiscyllium sp.
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Seychelles Carpetshark
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Hemiscyllium sp.
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(Papua New Guinea)
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Family Ginglymostomatidae - Nurse Sharks
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Genus Ginglymostoma
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Ginglymostoma cirratum
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Nurse Shark
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Genus Nebrius
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Nebrius ferrigineus
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Tawny Nurse Shark
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Genus Pseudoginglymostoma
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Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudata
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Shorttail Nurse Shark
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Family Stegostomatidae - Zebra Shark
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Genus Stegostoma
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Stegostoma fasciatum
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Zebra Shark
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Family Rhincodontidae - Whale Shark
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Genus Rhincodon
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Rhincodon typus
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Whale Shark
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