Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Orectolobiformes
Familiae: Brachaeluridae - Ginglymostomatidae - Hemiscylliidae - Orectolobidae - Parascylliidae - Rhincodontidae - Stegostomatidae
References
* FishBase link : ordo Orectolobiformes (Mirror site)
Vernacular names
Internationalization
Česky: Malotlamci
Deutsch: Ammenhaie
English: Carpet shark
Nederlands: Bakerhaaien
Suomi: Partahaikalat
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The carpet sharks are an order, Orectolobiformes, of sharks, so called because many members have ornate patterns reminiscent of carpets.
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
The order is small, with only around 40 species in seven families in 13 genera:
Order Orectolobiformes
* Family Brachaeluridae (Blind sharks)
o Genus Brachaelurus
+ Blind shark, Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
o Genus Heteroscyllium
+ Bluegrey carpetshark, Heteroscyllium colcloughi (Ogilby, 1908)
* Family Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks)
o Genus Ginglymostoma
+ Nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum Bonnaterre, 1788
o Genus Nebrius
+ Tawny nurse shark, Nebrius ferrugineus Lesson, 1831
o Genus Pseudoginglymostoma
+ Short-tail nurse shark, Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum Günther, 1867
* Family Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
o Genus Chiloscyllium
+ Arabian carpetshark, Chiloscyllium arabicum Gubanov, 1980
+ Burmese bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium burmensis Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983
+ Bluespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum Pellegrin, 1914
+ Grey bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium griseum Müller & Henle, 1838
+ Hasselt's bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium hasseltii Bleeker, 1852
+ Slender bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
+ Whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett, 1830)
+ Brownbanded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838
o Genus Hemiscyllium
+ Indonesian speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
+ Hemiscyllium galei Allen & Erdmann, 2008[2]
+ Papuan epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967
+ Hemiscyllium henryi Allen & Erdmann, 2008[2]
+ Milne Bay epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen & Dudgeon, 2010[3]
+ Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
+ Hooded carpetshark, Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
+ Speckled carpetshark, Hemiscyllium trispeculare Richardson, 1843
* Family Orectolobidae (Carpet sharks)
o Genus Eucrossorhinus
+ Tasselled wobbegong, Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (Bleeker, 1867) [4]
o Genus Orectolobus
+ Floral banded wobbegong, Orectolobus floridus Last & Chidlow, 2008
+ Banded or Gulf wobbegong, Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940.[5]
+ Western wobbegong, Orectolobus hutchinsi Last, Chidlow & Compagno, 2006.[6]
+ Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906 [7]
+ Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [8]
+ Ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883) [9]
+ Dwarf spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus parvimaculatus Last & Chidlow, 2008
+ Network wobbegong, Orectolobus reticulatus Last, Pogonoski & White, 2008
+ Northern wobbegong, Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939 [10]
o Genus Sutorectus
+ Cobbler wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus (Peters, 1864) [1]
* Family Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks)
o Genus Cirrhoscyllium Smith & Radcliffe in Smith , 1913
+ Barbelthroat carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 [2]
+ Taiwan saddled carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium formosanum Teng, 1959 [3]
+ Saddle carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943 [4]
o Genus Parascyllium Gill , 1862
+ Collared carpetshark, Parascyllium collare Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 [5]
+ Elongate carpetshark, Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008 [6]
+ Rusty carpetshark, Parascyllium ferrugineum McCulloch, 1911 [7]
+ Ginger carpetshark, Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last, 2002 [8]
+ Necklace carpetshark, Parascyllium variolatum (Duméril, 1853) [9]
* Family Rhincodontidae (Whale sharks)
o Genus Rhincodon
+ Whale shark, Rhincodon typus
* Family Stegostomatidae (Zebra sharks)
o Genus Stegostoma
+ Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum
References
1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Orectolobiformes" in FishBase. January 2009 version.
2. ^ a b Allen & Erdmann (2008). "Two new species of bamboo sharks (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae) from Western New Guinea". Aqua (Miradolo Terme) 13 (3-4): 93–108.
3. ^ Allen & Dudgeon (2010). "Hemiscyllium michaeli, a new species of Bamboo Shark (Hemiscyllidae) from Papua New Guinea". Aqua International Journal of Ichthyology 16 (1): 19–30.
4. ^ FishBase
5. ^ Huveneers (2006). "Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level". Zootaxa 1284: 29–51. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01284p051f.pdf.
6. ^ Last, Chidlow & Compagno (2006). "A new wobbegong shark, Orectolobus hutchinsi n. sp. (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae) from southwestern Australia". Zootaxa 1239: 35–48. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01239p048f.pdf.
7. ^ FishBase
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