Carpet Shark Family

Many species are large but they are not considered dangerous to humans although they may protect themselves if harmed.

Carpet shark family. Collared carpetsharks and longtailed carpetsharks carpetsharks have distinct coloring and a few species are believed to have the ability to change their color. Carpet sharks 39 species. Two spineless dorsal fins. In australia the family contains three species the epaulette shark the speckled carpet shark hemiscyllium trispeculare and the grey carpet shark chiloscyllium punctatum.

The epaulette shark is a member of the fish family hemiscylliidae collectively called the longtail carpet sharks. Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order orectolobiformes sometimes the common name carpet shark named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets is used interchangeably with wobbegong which is the common name of sharks in the family orectolobidae carpet sharks have five gill slits two spineless dorsal fins and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes. Range between 1 2 8 feet long description. Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order orectolobiformes sometimes the common name carpet shark named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets is used interchangeably with wobbegong which is the common name of sharks in the family orectolobidae carpet sharks have five gill slits two spineless dorsal fins and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes.

Coral reefs lagoons rocky bottoms and mostly deepwater regions location. They too have the ubiquitous barbels around the mouth that distinguish the carpet shark order with one species of this family displaying a dark hood or large black spots on the body while the. An easy way to tell the difference between the epaulette. Located below the.

These sharks are seperated into two different catagories. Carpet shark order orectolobiformes any of about 40 species of sharks possessing mottled patterns on the body that are evocative of carpet designs.