Directory of Orectolobiformes Resources

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Orectolobiformes is an order of sharks, there being seven families and five genera. They are very varied and include the wobbegongs and nurse sharks which are both very sluggish, and the whale shark, the biggest fish of all.

Resources in This Category

• Carpet Sharks

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet_shark
  Photograph of a spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, and information from Wikipedia on the anatomical features that distinguish members of the order Orectolobiformes.

• Nurse sharks

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginglymostomatidae
  Photograph and information from Wikipedia on this sluggish bottom-dwelling shark.

• Spotted Wobbegong

  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/SpotWobbegong/SpotWobbegong.html
  Several photographs of Orectolobus maculatus and information on its habitat and range, biology, reproduction and food habits.

• Tasselled Wobbegong: Eucrossorhinus dasypogon

  http://www.arkive.org/tasselled-wobbegong/eucrossorhinus-dasypogon/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Whale Shark Bibliography

  http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4xd5r8q6
  Searchable references about the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus.

• Whale Shark: Rhincodon typus

  http://www.arkive.org/whale-shark/rhincodon-typus/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Whale Sharks

  http://whaleshark.freeservers.com/whale_shark.html
  General information about biology and conservation of the world's largest fish.

 

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