Sites

Genus Parascyllium - English
URL: http://www.shark.ch/cgi-bin/w3-msql/mSQL/specs.html?genus=Parascyllium&fam=Paras

List of species.

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Genus Cirrhoscyllium - English
URL: http://www.shark.ch/cgi-bin/w3-msql/mSQL/specs.html?genus=Cirrhoscyllium&fam=Par

List of species.

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Parascyllidae - English
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Chondric

Cladogram.

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Orectolobiformes - English
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Chondric

Cladogram.

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Orectolobiformes - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/pisces/chondrichthyes/orectolobiformes/

List of families.

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Orectolobiformes (Carpet Sharks) - English
URL: http://www.thebigzoo.com/zoo/Orectolobiformes.asp

Members of this order are known as carpet sharks. The size of members in this order ranges from 1 foot to the 59-foot whale shark. They range in shape from the classic "shark" form to a thinner, more elongated form. They also vary widely in color and markings.

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Orectolobiformes - English
URL: http://cichlidresearch.com/fish_html/oorectol.html

The Order Orectolobiformes contains these Families: Parascyllidae [collared carpet sharks], Brachaeluridae [blind sharks], Orectolobidae [wobbegons], Hemiscyllidae [bamboo sharks], Ginglymostomatidae [nurse sharks], Stegostomatidae [zebra shark], Rhincodontidae [whale shark].

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Rhincodon typus (Whale Shark): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/rhincodon/r._typus$narrative.html

Geographic Range, Physical Characteristics, Natural History.

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NOVA Online | Island of the Sharks | Orectolobiformes - English
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/world/orectolobiformes.html

These attractively colored sharks have narrow heads and slender bodies and tails. They have color patterns of dark and light spots and saddle markings. The anal fin is partly in front of the second dorsal fin and well ahead of the short caudal fin.

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SHARK CLASSIFICATION - Enchanted Learning Software - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/classification/Orectolobiformes

Orectolobiformes - the Carpetsharks: sharks with flattened bodies that are generally bottom dwellers (except the whale shark) in warm to tropical seas. Some bear live young and some lay eggs. There is an anal fin, 5 gill slits on either side of the head, 2 dorsal fins, no fin spines, and the mouth is well in front of the eyes.

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InterNevod: отряд Ковровообразные (Orectolobiformes) - Russian
URL: http://www.internevod.com/rus/academy/bio/k_fish/orectolobiformes.shtml

Характеристика отряда, фото: зебровая акула, акула-нянька.

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Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (Tasselled Wobbegong): Media - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/eucrossorhinus/e._dasypogon$media

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