Sealife guideThe Orectolobiformes orderThe taxonomy of marine species
Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !
Les poissons marins

Blind shark
(Brachaelurus waddi)
(Brachaelurus waddi)

Nurse shark
(Ginglymostoma cirratum)
(Ginglymostoma cirratum)

Tawny nurse shark
(Nebrius ferrugineus)
(Nebrius ferrugineus)

Brownbanded bamboo shark
(Chiloscyllium punctatum)
(Chiloscyllium punctatum)

Raja epaulette shark
(Hemiscyllium freycineti)
(Hemiscyllium freycineti)

Japanese wobbegong
(Orectolobus japonicus)
(Orectolobus japonicus)

Ornate wobbegong
(Orectolobus ornatus)
(Orectolobus ornatus)

Spotted wobbegong
(Orectolobus maculatus)
(Orectolobus maculatus)

Tasselled wobbegong
(Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
(Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

Whale shark
(Rhincodon typus)
(Rhincodon typus)

Zebra shark
(Stegostoma fasciatum)
(Stegostoma fasciatum)
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(Alectis indica)
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