Carpet sharks - Orectolobiformes

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Orectolobiformes
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Taxonomic # 551499
Common Names Spanish: gatas nodrizas
French: requins-tapis
Spanish: tiburones tapiceros
English: carpet sharks
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Chondrichthyes
        Subclass: Elasmobranchii
          Superorder: Euselachii
Taxonomic Children Family: Brachaeluridae
Family: Ginglymostomatidae
Family: Hemiscylliidae
Family: Orectolobidae
Family: Parascylliidae
Family: Rhincodontidae
Family: Stegostomatidae
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN551499
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)1
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets1
Year2011
Latitude-35.46 - -35.46
Longitude174.73 - 174.73
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