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Taxon: Order Orectolobiformes Compagno, 1973 (fish)
Classification by:

Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Count: [pp] 39p;20c;125o;1189f;24g;2s; †1p;6c;36o;209f;10g;5s
   Phylum Craniata Linnaeus, 1758 see Subphylum Craniata auct.
  Count: -
     Pisces
    Count: [*] 6c;62o;533f
       Class Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 see Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
      Count: [*] 11o;48f
         Order Orectolobiformes Compagno, 1973 - carpet sharks
        Count: [*] 7f
           1 Family Rhincodontidae Müller & Henle, 1841 - whale sharks
          Count: -
           2 Family Parascylliidae Gill, 1862 - collared carpet sharks
          Count: -
           3 Family Brachaeluridae Applegate, 1974 - blind sharks
          Count: -
           4 Family Orectolobidae Gill, 1896 - wobbegongs
          Count: -
           5 Family Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862 - bamboo sharks
          Count: -
           6 Family Stegostomatidae Gill, 1862 - zebra sharks
          Count: -
           7 Family Ginglymostomatidae Gill, 1862 - nurse sharks
          Count: -

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